Middle-Grade
The Grandmother
They go back to the market at midnight. They see what is taking the things. They run. And when Anya's grandmother opens the door, she takes one look at their faces and says: You saw her.
The Boy in the Blue Cap
Reyah finds the boy in the blue cap on a bench at the western edge of the Savannah. He admits he opened the locks. He insists he did not take anything. And he tells her what he saw afterward.
The Blue Cap
Simone goes to the market alone on Monday morning. Mrs. Leung is tired. Mrs. Leung has not been sleeping. And there is something Mrs. Leung remembers now that she didn't remember on Sunday.
The Recipe Book
Sunday morning at the empty Harrinarine stall. The padlock is closed. The padlock is also new. And next door, Mrs. Leung has a story of her own to tell about a young man in a blue cap who asked too many questions.
The Roti Stand
At the roti stand, Simone tells them what she's been watching for twenty-seven minutes. Mrs. Harrinarine hasn't moved. Mr. Harrinarine hasn't stopped moving. And the only people with keys to the lockbox are family.
The Notebook
Anya is writing about a missing remote control when Reyah arrives with news of an actual mystery: a wedding ring, a locked box that wasn't broken, and a woman who looks at her husband like she's asking permission to be sad.