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                                Chapter 1

       CRASH SMACK THUD!” I woke up to the sound of glass littering the 

floor. I struggled out of bed, searching for the murderer of the probably 

expensive glass object. With my eyes peeled for any evidence of my 

dimwitted little sister (who is very clumsy) …. I flopped onto the couch. 

Maybe I should be a detective in 2 hours,I thought. Oh wait… I forgot 

something! I’m Erica Shield, I’m in sixth grade and, I’m in love with 

science, and did I mention I heart science (thats what all the cool kids 

say)? I nuzzle my head into the pillow, and try to think of Sleeping 

Beauty, when a little grimland hurtles herself onto the couch, making me 

a chocolate chip pancake (those are my favorite). “Hey sis, sister sledge, 

ERICA!!!!! Want to come play? Oh, and don't worry about that glass 

plate, Mom doesn’t need her wedding china, right?” She babbled, 

momentarily causing me to go death in one ear. “Cherish!!” I screamed 

back at her. “Ok, ok” she whimpered and retreated back to her “fort”. 

AKA: Bedroom.

                                         Chapter 2

         The next morning I’m glad my alarm woke me up instead of 

valuable dishes. I rummaged through my drawers until decent shorts and 

my favorite I LOVE EINSTEIN t-shirt came into view. After I brushed 

some fur off of my teeth, I laced up my Converse, and took off toward 

the garage. I struggled to get my bike out of the door, but finally I 

hopped on, speeding toward Publix to get a box of Frosted Flakes that my 

mom forgot to buy. As I walked down the cereal aisle, a loud crash shook 

the building. All the lights went out, scared children screamed. I ran 

toward the exit….. but when I tried to stop I simply couldn’t. I finally 

stopped when I maneuvered myself into the wall. 

                                    Chapter 3

“Thank God for balanced forces!” Said a familiar voice. The voice sent a 

shot of excitement down my back. I know that voice! Thats Dr.Whitesides!! 

I jerked my head in the direction the voice came in. A man with kind eyes 

and a hairdo that made me believe that the 50’s style was coming up from 

it’s grave, was looking back at me. “You’re Dr.-White-sides!” I stuttered. 

“Indeed I am” He replied, “and I like your shirt.” He added as he gestured 

toward my wacky wardrobe. Ok, ok, you’re probably thinking “Who is this 

random stranger who has hair as big as a blimp?” Well he is the one, the 

only, the icing on the cake of scientists! Dr.Whitesides! Who was 

surprisingly calm in this weird situation. You see, the way I think of it, it’s 

like the loud crash made all friction vanish into thin air, explaining why I 

just slide across the room. And supporting Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of 

Motion: An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an 

unbalanced force, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the 

same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced 

force.

Ok, back to Dr.Whitesides. He was leaning against the wall, muttering 

things to himself, as if he didn’t notice all the panic happening around him. 

“Why are you so calm?” I asked breaking the silence. He looked up from 

the ground, “Well, you see there happens to be no friction, which means I 

get to invent a new cool gadget that will bring the spectacular force back.”

                                         Chapter 4 

    While he hurried out of the buzzing building, with ease. I struggled to 

stand, walk, and comprehend what he had just said. I mean there was no 

friction, and he supposedly going to fix that! With tired breaths, I jumped 

onto my bike, while Dr.Whitesides’ rusted, junky, Toyota roared to life. 

With a rattling crunch, he speed out of the parking space… then the engine 

took one last breath and the ferocious rumble of the car died. Slamming 

the car door behind him, the “mad” scientist stumbled toward me, 

grumbling under his breath. “Can I hop on?”   he asked, looking at me with 

questioning eyes. “I have pegs for a reason! You can ride with me as long 

as you help me stop.” The added weight did not affect the amount of force 

I needed, I really didn’t need any force at all! There was no friction! Ok, let 

me explain, friction opposes motion, so without it one push of my foot 

could accelerate us all the way to Ohio! 

                                  Chapter 5

           “Turn left! Now right! Left left left!” He screamed in my ear. We 

were riding along a dirt road in the middle of the woods. “Um… I have a 

feeling I won’t be home for Taco Tuesday.” I murmured to myself. “Where 

are we-” my sentence was cut short by an AWESOME sight. A humongo 

treehouse completely constructed out of thingamabobs, gizmos, and 

gadgets hung high in the vegetation. “CRASH!” we slammed into a tree. I 

guess I might of forgotten about the whole no friction thing… After several 

minutes of trying to get back on my feet, I strode towards the treetop 

house. “Where’s the ladder?” I asked curious of the way that would take 

us up the tree. My eyes wandered until they landed on Dr.Whitesides. He 

was by a small oak tree, his hand pressed up against it’s bark. “Wosh!” In 

a great gust of wind, he was gone! I walked over stopping because of the 

petite tree. I searched the bark until my hand crossed over a silver control 

panel. A big red button stared at me. “This is so against the rules of all 

action movies..” I whispered, then I pushed it…. 

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