Author: Mary Amato
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Reviewer: Aleece
Summary: When someone takes a pet goldfish, then other items from Ms. Herschel’s classroom, each time leaving a clue in the form of a poem, student Edgar Allan competes with a classmate to be first to solve the mystery.
Review: I really liked how this book incorporated poems into the plot, as well as used them as clues that the thief left. This book is really funny when you hear the main character, Edgar talk to himself in his notebook. His internal monologue is actually written out in his notebook which makes it very funny to read. While Edgar is “observing” possible suspects of the crime he comes to realize that some people are hiding their true feelings and decides that he will try to make them feel better through poetry. By doing this Edgar not only makes his classmates feel better but they become friends as a result and everyone comes together to solve the crime. Overall, this book was a good mystery and had interesting twists. The character development was really well done and you could feel what the characters were feeling as Edgar described them through his notebook. This book is listed on the 2014 Bluestem List.
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