A lovely and subversive little gem of a book. Full of wry humor for kids and adults (especially those with a literary bent), and the plot places high value on intelligence and wit. The characters of Edgar and Allan Poe are lovingly done, and making them two boys who share thoughts all the time ...
NEITHER the Poe nor the Dickinson twins were of any mind to go to sleep when they got back to the Pepper Tree Inn. Actually, they weren’t sure they’d ever sleep again. So they crept through the silent, three a.m. lobby, careful not to wake the snori...
—William Shakespeare To discern why his wife’s grave had been moved and where he might find it now, to say nothing of how his own house in Echo Park had, seemingly, become the property of someone else, Sumida would begin his research at the LA Department of Public Records, which was located in a ...
Afterward, they played with their black cat, Roderick Usher, whom their mom and dad had brought home as a kitten just two weeks before the launching pad accident that claimed their lives. Roderick meant everything to Edgar and Allan. (It didn’t hurt that he was probably the smartest cat in the wo...