title: The (Un)lucky 13 Collection: Truth or Dare...; You Can't Come in Here!; Ready for a Scare?; The Show Must Go On!; There's Something Out There; Best ... Punch!; etc. (You're invited to a Creepover)
author: P.J. Night
description: A lifelong night owl, P.J. Night often works furiously into the wee hours of the morning, writing down spooky tales and dreaming up new stories of the supernatural and otherworldly. Although P.J.s whereabouts are unknown at this time, we suspect the author lives in a drafty, old mansion where the floorboards creak when no one is there and the flickering candlelight creates shadows that creep along the walls. We truly wish we could tell you more, but weve been sworn to keep P.J.s identity a secretand its a secret we will take to our graves!
zlib_text: The G host in the Third Row
  The Nina  Ta nl even M
  y steries, B ook
  One
  Bruce Coville
  
  TO  AN GI E  
  WHO  TAK E S MY  WO R DS 
  AN D TU R N S THE M I N TO  SO N GS
  
  Contents
  1. Audition Blues
  2 . The Woman in White
  3 . Lydia the Leading Lady
  4 . The V iew from the Balcony
  5. Chris
  6. The Hunk in the Reference Room
  7. Young Women Who Love the Theater
  8. The Crowd G oes Nuts
  9. G wendolyn
  10. More Costumes
  11. One of the Ten Stupidest Things I’ve Ever Done
  12 . Headline News
  13 . Dropouts
  14 . Old News
  15. The Trap
  16. Balcony Scene
  17. Curtain Call
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  Audition B l ues
  “Pat the elephant,” said my father as we walked through the doors of
  the G rand Theater. “It’ll bring you luck.”
  I looked at him like he was crazy. Not because I don’t believe in
  doing things for luck. I do them all the time. But my dad usually
  makes fun of me when I tell him about them.
  “Is this my father speaking?” I asked.
  He grinned. “It’s something we did when I was a kid.” He walked
  over to the big brass ele