"The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin" by Josh BerkSynopsis:
It was a dark, gloomy class field trip. Because it was in a coal mine.
Somewhere the star quarterback swore as he tumbled to the bottom of a mine shaft. Probably. Will Halpin could only guess about the cursing. Because he's deaf, y'see? But here's the thing about murder: even if it's silent, it's still deadly.
Being hefty, deaf, and the new guy in school isn't an easy ticket to popularity. At Carbon High, Will is put in the corner in every class. True, it's to help him read lips. And true, most treat him like a houseplant. But Will doesn't intend to stay stuck in any corner. And houseplants are privy to a lot of dirt.
So when he teams up with the second least popular guy to figure out what happened in that mine, Will discovers that the suspects are many and not so usual. Was it the too-sexy-for-calculus math teacher? The crackpot bus driver? The sad prom queen? That scuzzy guy who talks to his fingers?
Will and his side-geek are hardly Hardy Boys. But U wouldn't bet against them.
Think Will can make it out of that corner?
Review:
Rating- ****(stars)
This was a pretty good book. The best part about it was that it was funny. The begin is kind of slow but it picks up around pg 100. The story was more personal to me because I live in PA, pretty close to where this story takes place and I have relative that used to live in the coal region. My great-grandfather was actually a coal miner. My favorite character is Devon Smiley because he seems like a really nice guy even though everyone picks on him. Overall, I liked this book. If you're looking for a good laugh read this book.
P.S. THIS IS NOT A BOOK FOR LITTLE KIDS!!! Some of the jokes have sexual references to them so don't let your little brother or sister read it. Even though the cover looks elementary the story is not.
