If you have found this note, I am trapped somewhere between the covers of these enchanted books.To find me, travel through these stories and help give each one the ending it deserves. Fail and you will meet the same fate as me. Succeed and you will discover wonders beyond your dreams. Always look for the key that will move you forward on your journey. I've left clues along the way. Just look for my favorite color!Signed,Ms. Sandie Hilliard, librarianP.S. If this is Evan, go get help. The perils are too great, the challenges are too risky. And you are too fragile."I'm not fragile," Evan said.Cleo held back her laughter. "You kinda are," she said. "But do you think Ms. Hilliard is really trapped inside one of these books?"Evan righted Ms. Hilliard's book cart. It wobbled on its bent leg. "Maybe The Case of the Mysterious Moonstone has some answers.""I don't see how a book can offer us answers," Cleo said."Do you realize what you just said?" Evan asked.Cleo shrugged. "I look up everything on the Internet.""Are you ready to open the book?" Evan said."What kind of question is that?" Cleo said. "It's just a book." She reached across the table and opened The Case of the Mysterious Moonstone . Letters burst from the pages of the book like a thousand crazy spiders. They tumbled in the air around them and began to spell words. The words became sentences, the sentences paragraphs. Before long, they could barely see, and then everything went black. Excerpted from The Mysterious Moonstone by Eric Luper All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.