Coke and Pepsi McDonald didn’t want to jump off a cliff*.

    They didn’t want to get hit by poisoned darts* from blowguns, either. And they certainly don’t want to get locked in their school, thrown into a pit* at the top of a sand dune*, or drowned in a vat of liquified SPAM*.

    But what are you supposed to do when you’re being chased across the country by your crazy health teacher and two guys in bowler hats* who are trying to kill you?

    In the first book in the “Genius Files” series, twins Coke and Pepsi get caught up in a secret society of smart kids chosen to save the nation from terrorists.

    Author Dan Gutman tells his story quickly and, within pages, readers will be drawn to the twins’ adventures*.

    After learning someone wants to kill them, they set out on a cross-country trip with their parents, receiving death threats*, meeting bad guys and stopping every evil plan, while making pit stops at such strange destinations as a Pez museum in Burlingame, California, and two huge balls of twine* in Kansas and Minnesota. Coke and Pepsi are funny heroes, and their parents are clueless*, overenthusiastic* grownups. There is no shortage of humor or action. All in all, Gutman continues to do what he does best: entertain readers. (SD-Agencies)