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ayaktruk's review against another edition
3.0
Downloaded this onto my daughter's Nook Color reader since it is a YA novel by RBP.
Hard not to picture him and and his beloved wife Joan as the lead characters, and "Bobby's" solution to the problem at hand is very RBP.
Very enjoyable and it may be a good introduction to one of mine (and my mothers) fave detective writers.
Hard not to picture him and and his beloved wife Joan as the lead characters, and "Bobby's" solution to the problem at hand is very RBP.
Very enjoyable and it may be a good introduction to one of mine (and my mothers) fave detective writers.
mechapman80's review
2.0
It was cute. Not much more I can say about it. Just kind of a cute, old-fashioned story about a group of boys.
teachercap_e's review
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
rovertoak's review
3.0
The Edenville Owls are the guys who sit in the back row of Miss Delaney’s eighth grade class, making remarks about their pretty teacher and talking about how winning their next basketball game. It’s 1945 in small town Edenville, WWII has ended a couple months earlier, winter is on its way, and five friends are looking forward to a statewide basketball tournament. Aside from the stuff 14 year-old guys think about — sports, girls, school, etc. — something strange, new and scary has come about. One day after school, Bobby witnesses a strange man talking angrily to Miss Delaney. He causes a distraction to make the man flee, but is sworn to secrecy by Miss Delaney to never mention anything to anyone about the man. Bobby wrestles with feeling like he should find a way to help his teacher but feels that keeping the man secret is important too.
PArker tried a little too hard to force this one to be a historical novel. There are these stream of consciousness pages where a disembodied voice is mentioning pop culture elements from 1945. The book didn't need them. If readers skipped over these sections, they'd miss nothing this otherwise oretty good book has to offer.
PArker tried a little too hard to force this one to be a historical novel. There are these stream of consciousness pages where a disembodied voice is mentioning pop culture elements from 1945. The book didn't need them. If readers skipped over these sections, they'd miss nothing this otherwise oretty good book has to offer.
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