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He wasn't going to give it to her. It was his favourite toy and she knew it. She stood there, arm outstretched and hand gesturing ‘gimme,' knowing the look on her face would convince him to relinquish this prized item. It always did. She had a knack for honing in on her brother's soft spot and using it to her advantage. Today was no different as he reluctantly handed her his Bionic Man action figure.

"Be careful! You broke the last one and you promised you'd give me something for it if you could play with him today." With that, she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"There," she said, satisfied, gripping the toy figure around the middle and quickly moving her eye to the magnifying lens at the back of its head, a simulation of bionic powers. She couldn't see anything, but she could pretend. Swivelling on her foot, she turned and walked the few steps to the shade tree where she and her brother erected a city of trucks, their loaders hauling chunks of Lego mixed with dirt from a small pit they dug. The pit was strategically placed next to the large root both straddled while they dug and clawed at the moist earth with small, adept fingers.

Peter wiped his cheek, half disgusted, half embarrassed and scowled at her back. He was too gentle a creature to say anything. He sighed, then squatted over the yellow steam roller at his feet and, getting on all fours, he vroomed the small vehicle over a hillock of dirt and careened it into a line of sports cars and Lego people, feeling satisfied with the resulting devastation.

They often played together. Their favourite place was under the large hedge in the back yard. They found a way to crawl in through an opening on the one side. Under a canopy of thick dark green leaves was an open cavern high enough to squat in or sit cross legged with a soft leafless carpet of fragrant earth that felt blessedly cool to the touch. She found this hiding spot one day when following the cat into the foliage. She could see why he spent the hot days here, hidden from the danger that frequently lurked around the yard both day and night. The hedge was large enough to contain several small "rooms," little pockets of space that the cat could slink into but not the child. Still the secretive space was ideal for sharing with her brother and this she did.

They shared many secrets, the two of them, both together and individually. Their world became so consumed by secret keeping that much of their time spent together became one of thoughtful silence. Later, when they were young adults, this silence would begin to widen and deepen enough for others to wedge themselves between and their secrets would not be strong enough to sustain their childhood bond.

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Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers Sale Price: $5.99   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description Just when they thought they were out, it pulls them back in! Our heroes beat the Bionic Booger Boy, but they forgot about those rascally Robo-Boogers. Join George, Harold, Mr. Krupp, Melvin Sneedly, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster on an adventure that will take them into the deepest regions of outer space and back through time to the mysterious and uncharted world of the day before yesterday! It's a monster-mashin', robo-wranglin', time-travelin', brain-switchin', nose-pickin' good time! Clearly one epic novel could never contain the hugely disgusting tale of the Bionic Booger Boy; it makes perfect sense that his story would spill out into Dav Pilkey's seventh epic novel in the Captain Underpants series, Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers. It all started in the sixth epic novel when Melvin Sneedly, a nerd, invented a "combine-o-thingy" that morphed Melvin, a robot, and (accidentally) mucus from his sneeze and created the monstrous Bionic Booger Boy. Unfortunately, in the chaos that ensues, the school principal Mr. Krupp's brain switches to Melvin's body and vice versa (making for a very unhappy school secretary). The diabolical Melvin becomes power-hungry when he realizes that he might be able to keep Mr. Krupp's Captain Underpants superpowers for himself! Can George and Harold stop Melvin from tyrannizing the school--and the world--in his new guise as principal and superhero? Pilkey's heavily illustrated books with comic-book inserts, "flip-o-rama" animation, and loads of gross-out humor are guaranteed to delight elementary-school boys. (Ages 8 and older) --Karin Snelson Features ISBN13: 9780439376129 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets Sale Price: $5.99   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description Dav Pilkey's newest epic novel finds George, Harold, and everyone's favorite superhero in the stickiest situation yet. This time, the boys' latest prank has snotty school brainiac Melvin Sneedley in a stink. And when Melvin tries to transform himself into a bionic-powered superboy, things go from bad to boogers, literally, and the Bionic Booger Boy is born! With fun Flip-O-Rama and loads of laffs, here's another excellent adventure that will leave Captain Underpants fans begging for more. SPECIAL BONUS CLIFFHANGER ENDING INCLUDED! The sixth "epic novel" in Dav Pilkey's hugely popular series explains the awful truth about Captain Underpants (he is really the school principal), details "the night of the nasty nostril nuggets," offers up "the unnecessarily disgusting chapter," and even explains how "you can't have your cape and Edith, too." George and Harold are "C" students (and bad spellers), but they are very good at "saving the entire planet from the nasty forces of unrelenting evil" and also at ketchup-toilet pranks. Unfortunately, they can't save Melvin Sneedly from getting paddled by his bionic hamster. But, frankly, they wouldn't want to, because besides being the school brainiac, Melvin is also a tattletale. When his robot-making hobby backfires horribly, Melvin transforms himself into the Bionic Booger Boy instead of a bionic superboy. Can Captain Underpants save everyone from this "greenish, glistening behemoth?" Pilkey is the superhero of boy humor, stuffing his heavily illustrated books with comic-book inserts, "flip-o-rama" animation, and all the gross-out jokes an elementary-school kid could stomach. Fans will want to get their hands on Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers as well. (Ages 8 and older) --Karin Snelson Features ISBN13: 9780439376105 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed