Friday, July 13, 2012

The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander 314 pages

A novel premise. Two sixth graders have been the masterminds behind a protection society that foils bullies and solves problems -- for a price or future favor.  They conduct their "business" in a little used school bathroom. Over the years, they have accumulated quite a stash. This might be the year to cash it all in because their lifelong goal is to go to a Chicago Cubs World Series game. Anyone who follows baseball knows that the chance of the Cubs playing in the series is slim to impossible, but this year it looks like it might happen. Unfortunately their business hits some major snags when they try to stop Staples, the legendary school bully. Then it looks like they have a traitor to the organization. Even if you have zero interest in baseball or the Cubs, this writing is choice.

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