May 3, 2009
Double Click for Trouble by Chris Woodworth is a great book for middle-school aged kids. Eddie and his friend Whip are starting to feel curious about girls -- those creatures they swore just last year to stay away from forever -- and the internet supplies some quick satisfaction to their curiosity. But when Eddie's Mom uncovers the sites they've been searching, Eddie is sent off immediately to an uncle he barely knows to spend his school break in a one-horse town.
What Eddie learns about himself, about girls, about appearances and attraction and romance, and about why his mother protects him so fiercely, will change him forever. Not only does Eddie change but everyone else around him does too; they've all started to see events -- and people -- in a new light, and in the end, lessons about the grass being greener, appearances being deceiving, and second chances meaning everything are wonderfully brought home.
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