Born to Rock (16 page)

“But I want to help
you
!”

“Okay,” he agreed. “You know the drill. Call Bernie—he's still my personal manager. He'll get the lawyers, set up bail—the usual. Now, scram!”

And I did, sprinting through the school and exiting via the fire doors in the gym. Leo Caraway, former Young Republican, soon of Harvard, escaping in full flight, just a few steps ahead of the police. I should have been beside myself, terrified, close to hysterics. Instead, I was strangely calm as I scrambled into my mother's car and gunned the engine.

We McMurphys know how to act in a crisis.

Gordon Korman is the author of more than seventy popular young adult and middle grade novels, including
The Juvie Three
;
Schooled
;
Born to Rock
;
Son of the Mob
;
Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle
;
Jake, Reinvented
;
No More Dead Dogs
; and
The 6th Grade Nickname Game
.

Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. Visit his Web site at
www.gordonkorman.com
.