14

Max’s heart raced as she swiveled on her heels.

She needed to run!

But the man in the snow camo was fast. He bent over, zipped open his gym bag, and whipped out…

… a copy of that morning’s tabloid newspaper.

“Can I get your autograph?” he asked.

Max’s face was on the front page under a banner headline screaming in big block letters: THE EARTH IS ON FIRE, BUT SO IS MAX!

“Well, look at that,” said Mr. Kennedy, reading the headline. “You really are gonna talk to the UN.”

Max nodded. “Day after tomorrow.”