Kevin Shapiro, Boy Orphan, Chapter 9,485Kevin had heard about food poisoning before, but he never thought something this bad could ever happen. All the kids at his birthday party dead, and all because of that cake mix with the slightly bitter smell! The first birthday of his life that he'd had a party. He had been so happy! Now, disaster. As he looked at the seven little corpses still slumped in their seats, party hats still in place, he wondered, What will I tell their mothers? Will I get to keep the presents? How will I explain the fiery angel that warned only me to eat nothing? With a resigned air he reached for the cake cutter.
From Young Adults by Daniel M. Pinkwater |