Sabotage on the Set
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A movie is being filmed in Redoaks, and Sean Quinn wants to be a part of it. The movie is called New Guy in Town, and it stars famous child actors Dakota Wayne and Justin Moore. The director needs someone to serve as Justin’s stand-in on the set, and when he sees Sean, he knows he’s found the right boy. Sean may not end up on screen, but he is going to be part of a movie! That is, if the movie ever gets made. Hollywood insiders have been whispering from the start that New Guy in Town is jinxed. The production moved to Redoaks after fires, theft, and injuries derailed the original attempt to film in Hollywood. And as the filmmakers try to get back on track, the jinx keeps rearing its ugly head. To make sure he gets his shot at the big time, Sean and his brother Brian will have to find out who’s behind the accidents before the cameras roll.
Joan Lowery Nixon
Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) was a renowned author of children’s literature, best known for series like the Orphan Train Adventures and Casebusters. Born in Los Angeles, she began dictating poems to her mother before she could read. At the University of Southern California, Nixon majored in journalism, but took a job teaching the first grade upon graduating. In 1949, she and her husband moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, and in 1964 she published her first novel, The Mystery of Hurricane Castle. Nixon became a fan of mystery fiction when she was a child, and many of her most popular series incorporate elements of sleuthing. She won four Edgar Awards for best young adult mysteries, including prizes for her novels The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore (1979) and The Name of the Game Was Murder (1993). In addition to writing more than 140 young adult novels, Nixon also co-wrote several geology texts with her scientist husband.
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Sabotage on the Set - Joan Lowery Nixon
Sabotage on the Set
Casebusters #10
Joan Lowery Nixon
For Carol Ann Schmitz in friendship
—J. L. N.
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Preview: The Internet Escapade
1
SEAN QUINN SLAMMED THE back door as he dashed into the kitchen. Mom!
he yelled. "I’m going to be rich! Rich and famous!"
Sean! Where have you been?
Mrs. Quinn put down the phone. I was about to start calling your friends to try to find you.
Brian and his best friend, Sam Miyako, looked at each other, then back at Sean.
What do you mean, rich and famous?
Brian asked.
Sam said, Mrs. Quinn, now that Brian and I don’t have to go out hunting for Sean, could I please have more cookies?
Mrs. Quinn pushed the cookie jar toward Sam, but her attention was on Sean. Well?
she asked him. Why didn’t you come right home after school? Where were you?
Sean tugged his backpack off, dropped it on the floor, and flopped into the nearest kitchen chair. I told you, Mom. I’m going to be rich. Wow! Think of all the baseball cards I can buy!
Mom just asked where you were, not what kind of wild daydreams you’re having,
Brian said. He got up and started toward the back door, but Sean stopped him.
Wait. I’ll tell you all about it,
he said. Some big movie company is going to make a movie right here in Redoaks.
Sam raised an eyebrow and looked mysterious. Not with the jinx, they won’t.
Sean ignored Sam. "The movie’s called New Guy in Town, and guess who’s starring in it? Dakota Wayne! And Justin Moore!"
Dakota Wayne? Cool,
Brian said.
Everybody knows who Dakota Wayne is,
Sam said. He’s famous. But who’s Justin Moore?
I know who he is,
Brian said. "When he was five he was the coach’s son on that TV show Our Family Tree."
Yeah, but he’s nine now—the same age as me,
Sean said and grinned. "Some people who said they were casting directors for New Guy in Town came to our school today and visited our class. They said they wanted some of us to be extras, but they kept staring at me. Then they measured to see how tall I was, and they said I had the right coloring and height and weight and all that stuff, and … and …"
Sean took a deep breath, and in a rush of words said, And they want me to be Justin Moore’s stand-in! And they’ll pay me! Can I, Mom? Can I?
You’d get more money if you were Dakota Wayne’s stand-in,
Sam said. All those Save Joey movies made him famous.
Brian chuckled. Sean would have a hard time being a stand-in for Dakota Wayne. Dakota’s fourteen now and tall. Tiffany said that Dakota has grown so much, they only use extra-tall actors around him to make him look shorter.
Who’s Tiffany?
Mrs. Quinn asked.
Sam snickered, and Brian felt his face grow warm. Uh, she’s just a source of information,
he said. Tiffany reads movie magazines and knows all that movie stuff.
Sean leaned toward his mother. Mom, Mom, Mom! You didn’t answer. The casting director is going to call you tonight. Could I please, please take the job?
Sean, you know I’ll have to talk this over with your father,
Mrs. Quinn said. There’s a great deal we’ll need to know. Will your job on the movie interfere with your schoolwork? Will one of us have to supervise you on the set? What will your working hours be?
Sam interrupted. "And will the weird jinx on the movie put Sean