All Keyed Up (2009)
“He scanned the sidewalks, streets, and grass along the way. Once he saw something gleaming in the grass, but it turned out to be a bottle cap.
“Nuts!” he said, winging the cap into a nearby trash can. When he reached the field, he was relieved to see it was empty.
At least he could look around without having to wait for people to clear off.
Not that it would have mattered. Twenty minutes of careful searching turned up nothing but one of the wrappers from Jason’s gum and the dime they’d used for the coin toss.
He walked back home in a gloom. Up in his room, he pulled the beach towel and bathing suit out of his knapsack and looked through it again, just in case. No key. Then, as he stared at the towel and suit, he had a thought.
He shoved the suit and towel back into the knapsack and rushed downstairs.
“Mom! I’m going to the pool!” he shouted.
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