The children quickly disperse, most using touch screens or studying floorplans. Sierra Russell sits to finish her book. Akimi arranges an alliance with Kyle, and they agree to share the prize. Yasmeen announces that she won and starts for one of the fire exits. Kyle tries to tell her that her plan breaks the rules of the game, but Charles Chiltington starts racing her for the fire door, which prompts Yasmeen to go faster. When she opens the door, Mr. Lemoncello’s voice over the ceiling intercom tells her she is out of the game. Kyle realizes Charles baited Yasmeen to get her eliminated. Kyle has the idea to use the maglev device to reach a window far above the floor in the rotunda. He asks Sierra for a book idea: “something on the top shelf. Maybe right under the hologram statue of that guy hanging out with the Cat in the Hat” (93). Sierra tells him that is Dr. Suess.

Akimi uses up her Librarian Consultation lifeline to find out from Mrs. Tobin that the book under Dr. Suess’s image is Huckleberry Finn. Sierra, Akimi, and Kyle use telephone cords to make a safety rope attaching Kyle to the hover ladder’s handrail.