CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

FIRST REHEARSAL

THE THIRD DAY OF SCHOOL, Daniel had to stay later for his first rehearsal. When Mrs. Garcia told Daniel to call his mom, he walked down the hall and then turned back to the auditorium. He didn’t need to call his mom. She was at work. He’d be home before she would. Besides, he still didn’t want her to know about the play.

The entire cast wasn’t there because they were rehearsing a scene with the other lost boys and Peter Pan. Mrs. Garcia gave him a cast list.

Daniel looked at the names. A boy named Leonard was playing Curly. He bet Leonard didn’t even own a slingshot. Then he looked at the other cast members’ names. Two girls were playing Nana. Mrs. Garcia was terrible at casting. She’d divided the poor dog in half. One girl was playing the front half, and the other was playing the back half.

Nana should be played by a real dog. A big dog. And Daniel knew just where to find one.