The Pickle King

By Rebecca Promitzer

Book Overview

A podunk town, a pickle factory, a dead body with one eyeball gone? Maybe this summer won't be so boring after all for Bea and her friends. A funny, scary, original debut "caper" Bea lives in the nowhere town of Elbow, where it rains so much the residents have green mold growing between their toes. Nothing ever happens in Elbow. Its closest claim to fame is a giant pickle factory, owned by Herman, the Pickle King. Herman's a small-time big shot, a local celebrity...until he turns up dead. And when Bea and Sam stumble across the body--minus one eyeball--in the water-logged basement of a creepy old house, suddenly THEY'RE ones in a pickle With a mystery to solve, maybe this summer won't be such a bore after all....

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545170877
• ISBN13: 9780545170871
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Chicken House
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7