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Is everyone super busy with school back in session?  

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Chapter Three

“There’s only one source of standing water in our house that’s available to a guy in my situation.” Oh, Carter—no. No, no, no.

And then a bit of unrequited crushing on top of his mayo mayhem. (Aioli oopsie? Egg-cident?)

I like that Carter finds out about the existence of public safety cameras after lightning strikes a building at the local park—a bit of a callback to the beginning of Theo and Reef’s story in MIXED UP.

So, non-random factoid: Have you noticed the eyeballs in this chapter’s text? (They also made an appearance in chapter one.) Those section dividers indicating a scene break have two different names in publishing: You can call them a dinkus or a fleuron. GRK’s Scholastic-published books seem to have symbolic passage separators (THE FORT had potted cacti; FAKER had a handlebar mustache; MIXED UP had lightning bolts; LINKED had a section of paper chains) while his HarperCollins books omit that fun design detail.

Quiz: How familiar are you with previous Korman titles? Carter says one of the few benefits of his predicament is “I’ve turned Martin into my personal butler.” Who can name another GRK book that mentions a butler? (Highlight the empty space below for the ones I know about.)

The Chicken Doesn’t Skate  —  The Twinkie Squad  —  The Juvie Three  —  Your Mummy Is a Nose Picker