Author: James Howe
Title: Eat your Poison, Dear
Rating: 4
Reviewer: TK Grade: 6
Review:
This book is about a mystery in which eighth graders throw up in a cafeteria. Something is definitely up behind this, and Sebastian is trying to find this out. The answer, though, is not what most people expect to find out.
Sebastian is a teenager in the eighth grade. He started to get suspicious of Mr. Hogan, the teachers, the people in the office, and the people in the cafeteria when Milo throws up. He also has two friends, which are David Lepinsky, Adam Wells, and Corrie Wingate.
Mr. Hogan is the principal of the school. He is scared when the students throw up, so he does strange things, like speaking in code on the phone. But Sebastian is starting to get suspicious of him and accused him and others of poisoning the students in "Small Talk," a show in which Sebastian talks about the school.
David Lepinsky is in the seventh grade. He works in the office on Tuesdays for fifteen minutes. The people at the office forget that he is there, so he gets to hear what is going on in the school. He always walks home together with Sebastian and talks about the school.
Adam Wells is in the eighth grade. He once got in a fight with Jason Bruxter and Brad West, which were also called Breeze and Biker by Edward Davidson, also known as Harley. They were also known as the Devil Riders. Adam got a black eye fighting with them, and he had them as friends, but he did not anymore.
Corrie Wingate was in the eighth grade. She was the newest student in the school. She had a problem with trying to play football, just because she was a girl. She later fought with Milo with trying to get signatures, and Milo trying to get the principal to do something about the Devil Riders.
Milo is a ten-year-old genius in the eighth grade. He is the first kid to throw up from the food. Sebastian sneaked the container of Dorothy Swille, one of the cafeteria cooker's secret herbs and spices, then gave it to Milo to analyze the contents.
Edward, also known as Harley, was in the eighth grade. He confessed to putting the poison in the food, but people are not sure if he told the truth or not. He also ran away after a majority of the students threw up.
Sebastian finds out the culprit, but people did not expect him to poison the whole school. It also shows how cunning people can be. Also, this shows that mysteries are getting more and more complicated.
8/24/03
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