Pandora's Lunch Box: Don't Open!

By Richard Clark

When you wish upon a lunch box...

*Winner of a Bronze Award in the 2017 Wishing Shelf Book Awards!*

"The book is an absolute page-turner, and will leave the reader wanting to know more. I was hooked by the first page." Readers' Favorite 5-Star review

The difference between Pandora and your average 12-year-old girl is that Pandora knows exactly what she wants at all times. So when five magical genies pop out of an old rusty lunch box, Pandora knows her life is finally going to be perfect!

...Or maybe not. When one of the genies blows up a mean girl’s head to the size of a basketball, Pandora has to figure out how to unwish her wish, and fast!

If you like Dork Diaries, Diary of a Wimpy Kid or The Baby-Sitters Club, you'll love Pandora’s Lunch Box! From the writer of My Best Friend Is a Secret Agent, this middle grade chapter book is a comic romp full of magic and suspense for any reader - children, tweens, teens... and beyond! This funny wish-fulfillment story is the first in a series, so if you like it, there's more to come!

(Don't forget to look for the surprise after Chapter 1!)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard Clark
• Release date: Mar 6, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370641321

Richard Clark

RICHARD CLARK is a historian whose research into capital punishment has spanned decades. He lives in Staffordshire.

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Pandora’s Lunch Box

Don’t Open!

by Richard Clark

Illustrated by Rich Murray

Copyright © 2017 Richard Clark

Published by Richard Clark

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Chapter 1

WHAP! The cafeteria door swung open as Randy Cornbluth stepped inside. The biggest, toughest kid in Greenwood Middle School, 13-year-old Randy ploddingly headed for his usual table in the back, a huge lunch bag and thermos in his hands. The crowd of hungry students parted like the Red Sea to let him by.

When Randy arrived at his table, he noticed two kids already sitting there. He wasn’t happy about it. He glared at them through a haze of anger, and the two kids split fast. Sitting down, Randy reached into his bag and pulled out an apple, some cookies, a can of soda, a bag of chips (potato), a bag of gummy worms (extra slimy)…

…and a HUGE sandwich. The biggest sandwich you’ve ever seen. Randy ogled it with love as he started to unwrap the three layers of cellophane that strained to hold it together. For him, the meaning of life lay in his hands between two thick slices of pumpernickel.

But Randy wasn’t the only one staring at the sandwich. At a nearby table, two prying eyes looked the sandwich up and down with a truly hungry curiosity. Those eyes belonged to Pandora Little, an intense young girl with blonde pigtails and a haphazard sense of fashion. But she didn’t want to eat Randy’s sandwich – she just wanted to know what was in it!

For all of her 12 years, Pandora had always wanted to know everything about everything. Those new shoes her dad just bought? I wonder what they would look like painted purple! All those pickle jars at the grocery store? I wonder how high I can stack them up! That flooded quarry out in the woods? I wonder how deep it is!

Yes, Pandora’s curiosity had always kept her life interesting – and always gotten her into all kinds of trouble.

This time promised to be no exception. She sat in the cafeteria staring at Randy’s sandwich, hatching a deviously clever plan to finally find out what Randy kept hidden between those two thick slices of pumpernickel.

Next to Pandora sat Lyle Mertz, her best friend and reluctant partner in crime. They’d been friends since they were toddlers when Lyle’s family moved in next door. But Lyle didn’t share Pandora’s obsessive need to know everything. In fact, most things kind of scared Lyle.

And