I Took A Burp

By Rebecca Shelley

Take Monkey, a literary genius with flatulence; Bean, a science and math guru; Vinny, a computer whiz who can't keep her mouth shut; and Art, an artist who can shoot a basketball like a pro, confront them with a mess of fourth grade trouble, and watch the fun explode.

In book 3 of the Smartboys Club, the Smartboys get a mysterious new class member. She has a secret, and Monkey is bent on finding out the truth about her. But the Smartboys are in for a surprise when their class takes a suit-and-tie field trip to Symphony Hall, no burping allowed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wonder Realms Books
• Release date: Jan 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458061737

Rebecca Shelley

Rebecca Shelley writes a wide variety of books—everything from picture books to spy thrillers.She especially likes to write about fantasy creatures such as dragons and fairies.Her children’s books are written under the Rebecca Shelley name.Her thrillers and other books for adults are written under the R. L. Tyler pen name.She also has two books out under the R. D. Henham pen name—Red Dragon Codex and Brass Dragon Codex.

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I Took A Burp

Rebecca Shelley

Illustrated by Abby Goldsmith

Smashwords Edition

Published by Wonder Realms Books

All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any print or electronic form without permission. Permission is hereby granted for educators to print pages from the Smartboys Club Secret Notebook to distribute to their classes for educational purposes.

All characters, places, and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual places or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2011 Rebecca Shelley

Secret Notebook Copyright © 2011 Rebecca Shelley

Illustrations Copyright © 2011 Abby Goldsmith

Smartboys Club Secret Code Copyright © 2011 Matthew Shelley

For Emily,

my musical genius

Smartboys Club

Book 1: Bees in My Butt

Book 2: We Flushed it Down the Potty

Book 3: I Took A Burp

Book 4: I Lost My Head

Book 5: My Stomach Explodes (coming soon)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What's New

Chapter 2: A Field Trip, Oh No!

Chapter 3: A Mystery

Chapter 4: Number One Genius Detective

Chapter 5: Sleuthing

Chapter 6: Secret Code

Chapter 7: Manners Matter

Chapter 8: How to Accidentally Get Your Teacher Really Mad

Chapter 9: The Truth Revealed

Chapter 10: Smartboys to the Rescue

Chapter 11: A New Club Member

Secret Notebook

Secret Notebook Print Version

About the Author

Black Dragon Sneak Peek

Chapter 1

What's New

Hi, my name's Monkey. Don't you dare call me by my real name, Johnny Lovebird. And if you sing that lovebird song, I might never speak to you again. No, Johnny Lovebird does not sit in a tree. Though, come to think of it, monkeys do.

Lots of people tease me about my name, but not my friends in the Smartboys Club— Vinny, Bean, and Art.

To tell the truth, Vinny, Virginia Garcia Diaz, isn't a boy even though she's in the club. She's just as smart at math and English as Bean and I and twice as smart when it comes to computers.

I am a genius when it comes to literature. I read really fast and remember almost every bit of it. I'm pretty good at math too, but not like Bean. Bean's real name is Tommy Jones, and I secretly think he could show our teacher, Mrs. Red, a thing or two about math and science.

Of course Art isn't good at math or language arts, but he can make a basket every time he shoots the ball and draws space ships better than anyone. That's why we call him Art even though his real name is Kyung-sam Gee.

As you can tell there are a lot of different kinds of smarts. And we Smartboys thought we knew all the kinds until a new girl transferred into our class.

Sandra Campbell wandered in one morning, and I do mean wandered. She took three steps into the room and then stopped. Her eyes were off in la-la land. She stood there and tapped her foot for a full minute and might have stood there forever if Mrs. Red hadn't noticed her.

Good morning, Mrs. Red said. You must be our new student.

Sandra did a little jump and looked around like she couldn't figure out how she'd gotten into the room. Um, I guess so.

Mrs. Red dragged her up to the front of the class. Listen everyone, this is Sandra Campbell. She's coming to us from a private school in New York. Her parents just moved here, and I expect you all to make her welcome.

Eew, look at her crazy red hair, Bridget whispered, just loud enough we could all hear it and Mrs. Red couldn't. And those ugly freckles.

Eric Dripp laughed. I don't like him much.

I shot both Eric and Bridget a glare. Sandra's long red hair looked just fine even with the stray curls. What I thought was strange was how she stood at the front of the class without blushing, fidgeting, or otherwise looking nervous about coming to a new school and being introduced to a bunch of kids she didn't know. She just smiled, nodded at us and then at Mrs. Red and asked where she should sit.

Just then our janitor, Tom Brown, came in with a desk and plunked it down in the back, right between Bean and me. Janitor Brown and the Smartboys usually get along great and help each other out, but I was still a little mad at him for killing my spider, Miss Prissy. But that's another story.

Bean and I looked at each other in shock, but there wasn't anything we could do. Mrs. Red escorted Sandra to the desk, and that was that. We had a spacey redhead sitting between us.

Chapter 2

A Field Trip, Oh