Edenville Owls; Sleuth

New York: Philomeol Books, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 194 pgs. First printing. Light gray boards w/orange letters to spine. DJ art by jon Barkat. Cover design by Lori Thorn. Author photo by John Earle. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Minimal shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. There is something evil in the air. Fourteen-year-old Bobby senses it. Who is that man he saw arguing with his pretty new English teacher? And what was the real reason she missed school for days afterward? Bobby knows he should mind his own business, but times are confusing. World War II has just ended and the world is changing. Bobby's world, especially. There's his relationship with Joanie, for one—why does being her friend feel awkward all of a sudden? And then there are his buddies, the junior varsity Edenville Owls—a group of basketball players in need of a leader. Can they help each other off the court as well as they can on it? They will need to. Something evil is in the air. Robert B. Parker brings the same powerful storyline and spare, atmospheric prose to his first novel for young readers that he does to his New York Timesbest selling Spenser novels. A perfect fit. Source: Publisher.