Taylor Davis: Flame of Findul, Episode 5

Lexile score: 700L "Watch out " Mike cried. The Churkons came at us hard and fast, one from the left and one from the right. Q jerked the reins and the team soared straight up in the air. The maneuver left my stomach at the lower altitude, but the Churkons passed beneath us, narrowly missing the chariot and each other. "So much for the pastrami sandwich decoy," Elena mumbled as we leveled out. Her face was pale beneath her dark coloring, and she clung to the side of the chariot. Ranofur didn't look much better. "They must have been scanning for us. Q, can you evade them?" The little driver's face was fiercely determined under his flight gear. "These aren't the first Churkons I've taken on, and I've never been green goo yet. Hang on "