Sent (2009)
“He planned to dart invisibly past all the knights and horses and nobles. He planned to scream the entire way. And then he planned to tackle the impostor king and take the crown for himself.
Jonah shot a quick glance at Katherine and Alex. Katherine was just standing there, horrified. Alex looked strangely baffled and was mouthing the words, “Richard? Richard the Third? But that’s …” Jonah decided that if anyone was going to do something, it’d have to be him.
He took off with a burst of speed be...hind Chip. Back in the twenty-first century Jonah could outrun Chip easily—he did it all the time playing basketball. But this time Chip had a head start.
And maybe an advantage anyway, since he fits in the fifteenth century and I don’t? Jonah wondered.
Jonah fell farther behind.
Then Jonah got lucky.
Chip darted around a horse but skidded in a pile of mud. No, probably horse manure, given that it’s right behind that horse, Jonah thought. Jonah pushed off harder with his big toe, the way his soccer coach had told him to run.MoreLess
Jonah shot a quick glance at Katherine and Alex. Katherine was just standing there, horrified. Alex looked strangely baffled and was mouthing the words, “Richard? Richard the Third? But that’s …” Jonah decided that if anyone was going to do something, it’d have to be him.
He took off with a burst of speed be...hind Chip. Back in the twenty-first century Jonah could outrun Chip easily—he did it all the time playing basketball. But this time Chip had a head start.
And maybe an advantage anyway, since he fits in the fifteenth century and I don’t? Jonah wondered.
Jonah fell farther behind.
Then Jonah got lucky.
Chip darted around a horse but skidded in a pile of mud. No, probably horse manure, given that it’s right behind that horse, Jonah thought. Jonah pushed off harder with his big toe, the way his soccer coach had told him to run.MoreLess
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