Book excerpt: By now I was totally and I mean totally mad! You want some ketchup, Gerald? I asked. Here have some! And I squirted him right in the face with that ketchup and I squirted hard. Geralds ears got bright red. Ill get you for this, Katy Parker. Then saying some words he totally hadnt learned in church, he stomped out of the lunchroom with all that ketchup driping down his chin. Well I admit I was a little worried, but I cant say I stayed awake all night worrying about what Gerald might do. I wasnt totally easy in my mind either. But I fi gured I should be totally able to handle anybody as dumb acting as old Gerald no matter what he came up with. What plan will Katy come up with to get out of this? And will it work the way she plans? Not all of Katys ideas work out quite the way she plans, but she keeps on trying. Until she meeets a problem that no plan of hers can solve.