If You Meet the Devil, Don't Shake Hands

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Twelve-year-old Gavin Baker, son of a warrior, is a born worrier. With his father serving overseas, Gavin assumes that he s already imagined the worst that can happen until he shakes hands with his best friend Javi s long-lost grandfather and finds himself trapped in the old magician s ailing body. Help! As the trickster takes over Gavin s life, fooling the girl of his dreams and even his own family, Gavin wonders if the imposter is a better version of Gavin than Gavin himself. He has to convince Javi that the real Gavin now has hairy knuckles and a love of Pablo Neruda s poetry. Then the boys can try some tricks of their own. But will the two friends be able to reverse the old devil s magic Or will both of their families get their hearts broken

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Sylvia Whitman writes for kids and adults--short stories, articles, and books, including the YA novel The Milk of Birds, named one of the International Reading Association's 2014 Notable Books for a Global Society. She teaches writing at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. Find more at www.sylviawhitmanbooks.com.