Eddie Whatever

(Hardback)

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Thirteen-year-old Eddie needs to do a community service project in preparation for his bar mitzvah. Against his better judgment, he ends up with a volunteering gig at Silver Brook Pavilion retirement home, where the residents call him "Eddie Whatever" rather than worry about remembering his last name. These old folks soon upend all Eddie's assumptions about the boringness of the elderly. There's a dramatic courtship unfolding, long-hidden secret identities, a rumor of a vengeful ghost, and a thief on the loose.

When suspicion falls on Eddie, he teams up with his fellow volunteer (and crush), Tessa, to solve the mysteries of Silver Brook.

Reviews

"[A] winning and unexpected combination of mystery, intrigue, and social commentary, interlaced with wisecracks and school woes."--School Library Journal

"Ruby does a fantastic job developing characters, giving them life and voice, so that they lift off the page. The mystery is well-plotted, layered and keeps readers guessing." --Children's Literature

"Short chapters and snappy first-person narration give this wide appeal. . .An enjoyable intergenerational story."--Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Lois Ruby is a former librarian and the author of twenty-two books for young readers. She divides her time among family, community social action, research, writing, and visiting schools to energize young people about the ideas in books and the joys of reading. Lois lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and shares her life with her psychologist husband, Dr. Tom Ruby, as well as their three sons and daughters-in-law and seven amazing grandchildren, who are scattered around the country.