title: More Stories Julian Tells (Julian's World)
author:  Ann Cameron 
description: "Reflecting incidents true to children (making a bet with a friend, sending a message in a bottle, attempting to be brave), these stories are the sort that will make children ask for more."--"School Library Journal, starred review
zlib_text: Chapter 1
  
  Julian was enjoying his breakfast at the little diner when the man walked in.
  There was something about him that made Julian want to pull out his gun and
  blow his head off. No reason that he could see right now for such a violent
  reaction, but he hated the man on sight. Taking his handgun out of his pocket,
  he laid it on the seat next to him. There wasn’t a safety, but had there been
  one, he would have taken it off as well. Something—something very bad was
  surrounding this man. “I’m looking for Tess O’Rourke, she’s a friend of my
  son’s. She’s a doctor of some kind.” Sally told him she didn’t know her but
  did know an Ericson with the same last name. The man’s voice was off too. Like
  he was trying his best to project a woman’s voice. Odd, even to him. “Yeah,
  that’s her granddad. Where is he?” “I’m sorry, but I don’t know you from Adam,
  and I’m not going to tell you that.” She went by him with a pot of coffee in
  her hand. When he was close enough to touch her, Sally, a wolf shi