The Bone Artists (10 page)
Authors: Madeleine Roux
Tags: #Juvenile Fiction, #Horror, #Mysteries & Detective Stories, #Social Themes, #New Experience, #Horror & Ghost Stories, #Social Issues
Dan texted back to reassure her that they were doing their best to eat actual, normal food.
“How’s Sandy?” Jordan asked, craning around to look at him again.
“She’s good. Just making sure we aren’t stuffing ourselves with junk the whole way to Louisiana,” Dan replied. He flicked his eyes up to see Jordan swallowing with some difficulty—the insides of his lips were a guilty shade of Skittles orange.
“It’s a road trip. What does she think we’re going to do?” Jordan asked. “Boil quinoa on the radiator?”
“That’s not a half-bad idea,” Abby teased. “We are
not
stopping at McDonald’s tonight.”
“But—”
“No. I checked to see if there was anything to eat other than fast food on the route. Turns out we can avoid the Montgomery traffic and stop at a cute little family-owned diner off 271.”
“Diners have hamburgers,” Jordan pointed out sagely. “So really, that doesn’t change much.”
“Hey, I’m just providing a few more options. What you stuff down your gullet is none of my business,” she said.
“And thank God for that,” Jordan muttered. “Quinoa is for goats.”
“I’m with Abby,” Dan said. “I could use a salad, or just, you know, a vegetable of any kind. I’m starting to shrivel up from all the beef jerky.”
He heard the satisfied smile in Abby’s voice as she sat up straighter in the driver’s seat and said, “That’s settled then. The place I found is called the Mutton Chop, and the same family has owned it for generations. We can get a little local history for my photography project
and
a decent meal.”
“I’m still getting a burger,” Jordan muttered. He twisted to face the windshield, sighing as he slid down into his seat and began to text at lightning speed. “Soon I’ll be on the all-gumbo, all-jambalaya diet. Gotta get my burgers in while I still can.”
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MADELEINE ROUX
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bestselling author of
Asylum
, which has sold into nine countries around the world and which
Publishers Weekly
called “a strong YA debut.”
The Scarlets
,
Sanctum
, and
Catacomb
continue the series about Dan, Abby, and Jordan. Madeleine is also the author of
Allison Hewitt Is Trapped
and
Sadie Walker Is Stranded
. A graduate of the Beloit College MFA program, Madeleine now lives in Southern California.
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The images in this book are custom photo illustrations created by Faceout Studio and feature real found photographs from New Orleans.
| LOCATION | TITLE | FROM THE COLLECTION OF |
| here , here | Fleur-de-lis pattern | Hadrian / Shutterstock.com |
| here , here | Vintage postcard | Karin Hildebrand Lau / Shutterstock.com |
| here | Fence and trees in the mist | Jens_Lambert_Photography / istockphoto.com |
| here | House with graffiti | tyalexanderphotography / Thinkstock.com |
| here | Cemetery gate | bttoro / istockphoto.com |
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