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Scholastic Press
February 2015
On Sale: January 27, 2015
Featuring: Pat O'Toole; Coop
272 pages
ISBN: 0545564883
EAN: 9780545564885
Hardcover
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Young Adult Suspense
What waits Beneath? Pat O'Toole has always idolized his older brother, Coop. He's even helped Coop with some of his crazier plans -- such
as risking his life to help his big brother dig a tunnel
underneath their neighborhood in the suburbs of Washington,
DC. Coop is . . . different. He doesn't talk on the phone,
doesn't use email, and doesn't have friends. He's never really cared for anything but the thrill of being
underground and Pat. So it's no surprise to anyone -- even
Pat -- that after a huge fight with their parents, Coop runs
away. Exactly one year later, Pat receives a package
containing a digital voice recorder and a cryptic message
from his brother. He follows the clues to New York City, and soon discovers
that Coop has joined the Community, a self-sufficient
society living beneath the streets. Now it's up to Pat to find his brother -- and bring him home.
EXCERPT:
From BENEATH Exactly one year to the day after my brother, Coop, ditched
me, I got a package in the mail. It came to the school, not our house. The secretary handed me the package with a warning that I
was never to use the school as my personal address. I was going to tell her that I hadn't when I saw my name:
Pat Meatloaf O'Toole scrawled in Coop's familiar handwriting. Meatloaf is not my real middle name. I told her I would never do it again, grabbed the package,
locked myself in a restroom stall, and tore the box open. Inside was a handheld digital voice recorder, a supply of
memory sticks, and a note written on a greasy hamburger wrapper: "Lil Bro, Pat, just turn the recorder to Play, and I'll
explain what you're supposed to do with this. DO NOT share
with parents. This is just between you and me. Your big bro,
Coop . . ." I made sure the restroom was empty and switched on the recorder.
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