Eddie's Ordeal

Children's Bookwatch, Jan, 2005

Eddie's Ordeal

Kelly Starling Lyons

Just Us Books Inc.

356 Glenwood Ave., East Orange NJ 07017

0940975165 $16.95 justusbooks.com

The fourth book in the NEATE series, Eddie's Ordeal is a novel recommended for young adult readers and is about thirteen-year old Eddie Delaney, an African-American boy who loves his father but feels driven too hard sometimes. Eddie enjoys being the starter on the basketball team and gets good grades, but whe he brings home a D in language arts, everything changes. His father forces him to quit the team, and his relationship with his parent takes a very bad turn for the worse. His friends try to help him discover why his dad is so tough on him, and in the process Eddie learns something very important about his father--something that will change his life forever. A moving and dramatic story about facing the challenges of coming of age, and the importance of family bonds.