Curse of the Ruins

Abby McKenzie 7-B 

Ms. Stanisic

Number of Pages:  68

February 27, 2013  

CURSE OF THE RUINS

By: Gary Paulsen

                Kathie and her brother Sam and their cousin Shala are getting out of the plane to New Mexico to see their dad.  After they get out of the plane Kathie ran ahead of the boys but then this stranger came up to her and said “Do you need any assistance?” Then Kathie said no I don’t but then the stranger just took Kathie’s bag and ran away. Then Kathie screamed and then the boys caught up with her but Kathie was all really running to get her bag back. After she was running, a police officer stopped her. The police officer was speaking in Spanish to the other police officers so Sam, Kathie and Shala did not understand what they were saying. The police officers told them to come to the police office to see what was going on.  When they got to the office they asked the police officer to look up Kathie’s and Sam’s father to find out where he was staying. When they looked up the hotel name and searched up Kathie’s father’s name it did not show anything. So they asked this homeless kid for directions to the hotel and went to find their dad on their own. When they got to the hotel they asked the front desk if their father was staying here but he wasn't  So that is when they found out that something had happen to their father.