The Bad Present

By James E. Mendenhall

The boy kicked himself. When his dad handed him the small wooden box on Christmas morning, the instructions were quite clear. "Open the box before you go to sleep tonight." Couldn't be easier. But how was the boy to know his dad actually meant it? Granted, his dad said "it may be the most important thing you will ever do in your entire life," but his mom said the same thing about algebra, and everyone knew that wasn't true. His father should have known better. Twelve-year-old boys don't listen. So of course the boy forgot and now, for some reason he can't understand, his life has taken a downward spiral that will only end when he can figure out the clues to how the box works. The Bad Present is a touching, riotously funny mystery story, chronicling a boy's desperate quest to understand the box, his life, and the world around him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0991346300
• ISBN13: 9780991346301
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: James Mendenhall
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up