Double-Click for Trouble
Eddie McCall is a good kid. He does his homework, picks up around the house, and cooks dinner for his single mom when she has to work late at a Chicago hotel. Then Eddie's best friend, Whip, shows him a printout from the Internet-- a picture of an honest-to-gosh naked woman--and suddenly Eddie can't seem to think about anything else. He knows his mom will be upset if she sees the sites he's visiting. Still, he doesn't expect her to ship him off to her hometown of Sheldon, Indiana, to live with his great-uncle Peavey for an entire month. Peavey isn't exactly the father figure thirteen-year-old Eddie's been looking for. He spits tobacco juice into a can, calls a toilet a "commode," and certainly doesn't own a computer. As it turns out, however, both Peavey McCall and Sheldon, Indiana, hold some very surprising secrets . . .The author captures two worlds in this tender and funny look at a boy learning what it really means to be a man.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374309876
ISBN13:9780374309879
Release Date:May 2008
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:162 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"
Age Range:12 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 7 to 12
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Life Lessons Off and Online
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is a great book for middle-school aged kids. Eddie and his friend Whip are starting to feel curious about girls -- those creatures they swore just last year to stay away from forever -- and the internet supplies some quick satisfaction to their curiosity. But when Eddie's Mom uncovers the sites they've been searching, Eddie is sent off to an uncle he barely knows to spend his school break in a one-horse town. What Eddie learns about himself, about girls, about appearances and attraction and romance, and about why his mother protects him so fiercely, will change him forever. Not only does Eddie change but everyone else around him does too; they've all started to see events -- and people -- in a new light, and in the end, lessons about the grass being greener, appearances being deceiving, and second chances meaning everything are wonderfully brought home. For more reviews, go to www.readallday.org.
Entertaining & Eductional!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Wow, I cannot believe I'm the first to review this book, somebody needs to get the word out about what a great writer Chris Woodworth is. I cannot wait to see her next work. Double Click is both entertaining and educational. I chose the book because I have a 13-year-old son who is kind of going through some of the same issues her main character is facing. It was not only a good tool to help teach him through this phase, but turned out to be something that he, I, and my 15-year-old daughter all really enjoyed. We're hoping these characters are going to come back in a future book facing some new challenges!
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