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Ralphy Sherman's Patty Melt on Rye

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5
Page count: 14
Categories: Adventure, Humor

Author

Neal
Shusterman

Appeared in

Mindbenders: Stories to Warp Your Brain

Story Summary

While vacationing in Hawaii, Ralphy Sherman's Dad meets a beautiful young woman named Patty, or is that Madame Pele, fire goddess and breath of the Kilauea volcano. It would seem the latter when Ralphy's Dad disappears and Ralphy and his sister have to come to his rescue.