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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery On Museum Mile (2014)

by Marcia Wells(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0544238338 (ISBN13: 9780544238336)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: A fairly good story with an interesting "twist", Eddie Red has a photographic memory. He only needs to look at someone once and he can recall the details accurately enough to draw a picture of them. I'm sure my students will enjoy reading this story. There is, however, one "problem" I had with it. Not sure how to explain it, maybe it's because I spent 20 years in the military, maybe it's because of the way I raised my sons, maybe it's something else altogether. But, I have some difficulty accepting characters who knowingly disobey, or disregard, direction given by adults. Eddie Red is one of these kids. There are so many things he is told NOT to do and yet he does them anyway. I find engaging with these characters difficult. As a result, I'm not sure whether or no... moret I'll read the next offering in the series.
review 2: “A clanging noise echoes in the alley, a hollow machine clank like a robot zombie is coming. My hand grabs Grant’s and tugs on him urgently. He’s not much help. More rattling. I peer down the dark path; something is definitely there. The robber? A zombie? Or worse? I curse the red strobe light shining behind me from the car, which is clearly calling the attention of whatever evil is stirring in the darkness beyond. Bang!” (110).Author Marcia Wells creates a must-read book, Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile, filled with adventure, humor, and suspense which many young adult readers will love. Edmund Lonnrot may seem like the average scrawny kid, but he has a very special talent, a photographic memory. While his father tries easily to break the news about his recent cut-back-on-hours at his job, and that they can no longer afford to send Edmund to Senate Academy, an expensive private school, next year, their conversation is interrupted when sudden cries for help erupts from the alley. His father instructs him to run to safety, and to call the police, but Edmund is glued to the spot he’s standing. Finally, he hides under a park bench when a man approaches with a bloody knife in his hand—“Click goes the camera in my mind” (14). When Edmund is able to draw, from memory, the face of the man he saw, it leaves the New York Police Department flabbergasted. Thanks to Edmund’s photographic memory, he soon becomes the key spectator in the police case. However, while Edmund’s parents are not keen on the idea their son will be working a case that could be dangerous, he doesn’t back down—especially when it means the police will compensate him; the perfect opportunity in funding his tuition at Senate Academy. After meeting Detective Bonvano, Edmund realizes not everyone is amazed at his talent. However, Bonvano has no choice but to work with Edmund, giving him the code-name “Eddie Red.”Will Edmund be able to solve the case? Will he return to Senate Academy next year? Wells’s readers will thirst for more adventure and crime solving after this book. Not only is the cover art quite appealing to grab her readers, but the illustrations inside are beautifully drawn with detail that reminds one of The Spiderwick Chronicles. Wells’s Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile will become a favorite for young adults because “Eddie Red” is über awesome. **Note: My copy of this book is an uncorrected proof which I won in a Goodreads’s giveaway. less

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