Introducing... Lucy and Jack

Below is an introduction to a new Middle Grade Series I am working on Lucy and Jack. The first book is A Summer of Pranks.

Intro

Lucy leaps into the air and tucks her knees to her chest. Her arms radiate round and round like propellers slicing the air. She is airborne. And then - gravity reaches up and grabs her. She hugs her knees and falls through the air. Ssppplllllaaashshshshshshsh! The water slaps her skin, and a wave of water rises around her. It curls slightly before it falls heavy on Betty and Jack.

Her brother, Jack, yells, “Whoooooa!” and clutches his belly. He laughs while rolling on the warm wet cement.

Betty, on the other hand, is not laughing.

Lucy's babysitter, Betty, sits seething on a beach towel draped over a lounge chair. Her dripping cell phone is perched at her ear. Pulling it away, she glares at Lucy. Her mouth is scrunched together, and her perfectly crimped blonde hair hangs - now, perfectly drenched. Tiny streaks of pink water bleed over her white bathing suit from her newly dyed highlights. Her face is red, and Lucy swears steam is rising from her nostrils. 

Slinking lower into the water, Lucy keeps one eye barely over the edge of the pool – watching. She can feel heat in her cheeks as they push her wide eyes into narrow slits. Her hand slips from the edge of the pool to block the bubble of laughter trying to escape. Lucy holds her breath and sinks to the bottom of the deep end.

Brandy Mello © 2017