Description
Eddie and his four friends, Sage, Sonia, Xavier, and Trey, are all by themselves in Carterville, Ohio. Everyone else in town went to the shore for the Beach Bash and never returned. Eddie, who tells the story, seems to have a little trouble focusing and exhibits signs of ADHD. At first, these youngsters (ages ten to twelve) think having no parents around is an invitation for non-stop fun, but they soon realize surviving should be on their list of things to do. Some mysterious force seems to keep the kids from getting to the shore to look for people. Eddie seems unfazed and wants to just have fun, but the others take their problems more seriously.
Justin A. Reynolds has written a book that, like Eddie, is non-stop fun, although jokes that should be one-liners often go on for pages. We don’t know much about how the situation arose, because this is book two in a series, and Eddie doesn’t fill the readers in on much. A certain group of young readers, including reluctant readers, will be carried through this book with the non-stop jokes and nonsense, but many will find this a frustrating read.