Author ~ Jack Ewing
Publisher ~ Untreed Reads
Published ~ 23 October 2012
Genre ~ Mystery/Short
*Book source ~ Many thanks to Untreed Reads for providing a review copy. Please see disclaimer page.
My Rating ~ 4 bites out of 5
Travis
is 11 years old and has been a door-to-door salesman for his mother for a few
years. No matter what weird object she produces for him to sell he manages to
unload everything. He has a knack for getting people to part with their money
in exchange for crocheted, knitted or sewn items, painted rocks or homemade
foodstuffs. This time it is chocolate chip cookies.
Travis
just wants to read his comic book. He doesn’t want to go out and hawk wares to
people who don’t want them. But his mother insists and off they go, this time
to a more affluent neighborhood a little distance from their usual stomping
grounds. The very first fancy house Travis goes to has a surprise inside though
and Travis learns more than he needs to know about the rich.
This
a short well-written story. I really felt for Travis, having to sell stuff to
help his family make ends meet when he just wants to be a normal kid. What he
discovers at the Lamberts is interesting, to say the least. But I have a
feeling the money he made from that one sale will only spur his mother on to
new and weirder ideas. Then what will he do?
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