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Molly, Bev, and Harold stood near the punch bowl table and sipped from their cups.   “I thought the punch might be spiked,” Harold said as he looked into the cup he held in his hands.   Molly shook her head and Bev laughed.  She watched a few students dancing in the middle of theContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 10 – A Simple Request”

“What’s a Sock Hop Dance?’ Billy asked when Molly brought it up during dinner.   “I don’t really know,“ Molly said.  “I just know it’s a dance.”   “Sock hop dances were a big thing in the 50s.  The girls wore poodle skirts and white blouses,” Mom said to them.  “And saddle shoes with whiteContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 9 – The Sock-Hop Dance”

The following Monday, Molly stopped at the class office on the way to club meeting.  Mrs. Young was sitting at her desk and looked up when Molly walked in.   “Hello, Molly,” she said pleasantly.  “How are you?”   “I am fine.  I just came by to pick up a permission slip for the danceContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 8 – Observations”

Monday morning arrived early, or at least it seemed early to Molly.  The weekend was slow as she spent her time reading.  She and Bev were planning to go to Jamestown Mall but that fell through because Bev had to go with her family to visit her grandparents.  Besides reading Holmes, she read ahead inContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 7 – Detective Tracy”

Instead of Choir, Molly’s last class of the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays, is Resources.  Resources is a free period where students get time to complete homework or work on school projects.  Her father called it Study Hall.  The Resources class is held in the cafeteria and Mrs. Irondale is her teacher.  Mrs. Irondale isContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 6 – Resources”

Molly set the dining room table for dinner in a thoughtful mood.  On the Activity bus ride home, she had an interesting conversation with her two friends.   “Well, what did you think of the first meeting of The Whodunnit Club?” Harold had asked as they sat in their bus seats.   “I don’t knowContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Meeting Mr. Holmes”

Molly, Bev, and Harold assembled at her locker when the final bell released them from their sixth hour classes.  Molly collected the books she needed to complete homework that night and pushed them into her backpack.   “So the Whodunnit Club, what do you think this club is all about?” Harold asked as he hoistedContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 4 – The first Club Meeting”

“Molly how was your first day of middle school?” her father asked as they sat down for supper.   “It was different,” she answered him as she reached across the table for the bowl of mashed potatoes.   “Oh young lady,” her mother’s voice stopped her.  “Aren’t you forgetting something?”   “Oh, yeah,” Molly reachedContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 3 – The Office”

Molly left fifth hour which was in Hall 01.  She was surprised that all of her teachers, so far, have included the zero when they announced halls.  For example, saying ‘Hall Oh-One” instead of simply ‘Hall one’.  She stopped at the bulletin board located on the wall on the corner of the Main Hall andContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 2 – Meeting Miss Marvel”

Molly Bennett sat at the kitchen table staring at the bowl of Frosted Flakes in front of her.  She is dressed in blue jeans and a plain, dark blue sweatshirt and bright red high-top tennis shoes.  Her hands are folded in her lap as she leaned back in her chair just staring at the bowlContinue reading “The Whodunnit Club – Chapter 1 – First Day of Middle School”