Allen and Juan are teenagers, next-door neighbors, and best friends. They seem to be where danger and intrigue abound. This adventure opens with a suspicious stranger spreading a putty-like substance in the high school boiler room. When he leaves, the boys take a sample of the clay to see if it as they suspect, C-4 plastic explosive. The boys become targets of the terrorist who does not like to leave witnesses behind. He really dislikes anyone foiling one of his plots. Trying to be helpful, the boys are soon in trouble also with local law enforcement and the FBI.

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