Free Alien in My Pocket #5: Ohm vs. Amp by Nate Ball

your father can sleep in the big tent.”
    â€œDad! He snores like a volcano,” Zack protested.
    â€œVolcanoes don’t snore,” Taylor said, shaking his head at his brother’s lack of basic science knowledge. “But they do sort of burp. Mostlywater vapor and carbon dioxide. But also lots of different sulfur compounds. It’s a long list and varies by volcano.”
    Zack stared at his brother like he was the alien in the house, and then began flapping his arms again. “It’s bad enough that Taylor laughs in his sleep, now I get snoring on top of it?”
    â€œI don’t laugh in my sleep!” Taylor shouted, apparently insulted at being accused of sleep-laughing.
    â€œShe’s already coming,” Mom said with a firm nod. “Now let’s have fun, you two.”
    Zack looked out the window and could see Olivia on top of the car, helping Zack’s dad thread twine through the handles of various suitcases and tent bags.
    Olivia was also going to feed Mr. Jinxy and walk Smokey while they were gone. Now somebody else would have to come into the house to take care of the cat and the dog, further risking the accidental discovery of Amp.
    Zack closed his eyes and shook his head slowly. Camping had always seemed inconvenient, but this year there was so much more at stake.
    Zack had a bad feeling about this trip.
    He wished he were the one who had come down with pinkeye.
    But he was not the lucky type.

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    Cover art by Macky Pamintuan
    Design by Jeff Shake

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    ALIEN IN MY POCKET: OHM VS. AMP . Text by Nate Ball, copyright © 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers. Illustrations by Macky Pamintuan, copyright © 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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    Library of Congress catalog card number: 2014034089
    ISBN 978-0-06-231489-5 (trade bdg.)—ISBN 978-0-06-221631-1 (pbk.)
    EPub Edition © April 2015 ISBN 9780062216328
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