Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero6/9/2023 ![]() And once upon a time, in the summer of 1977, they caught the Sleepy Lake Monster - who turned out to be a low-life jerk in a rubber mask trying to scare everyone away from the haunted mansion where he was searching for gold. A weimaraner, great-grandson of the intrepid Sean - who once, along with a much younger Andy, Kerri, Peter and Nate, used to be a team of child detectives who spent their summers and school breaks in Blyton Hills, Ore., foiling sheep smugglers and chasing fake ghosts out of haunted houses. But they're the (paraphrased) heart of the thing, spoken by Andy, one of the four main characters, member-for-life of the Blyton Summer Detective Club. They're not the last words, or the best words either. ![]() These are not the first words from Edgar Cantero's new head-kick of a novel, Meddling Kids. ![]() We're going to need you at your best, soldier. Swamps where you can build rafts, and caves to take shelter in when it rains, and old mills and barns where hand-wringing bad guys think of their evil plots, and lakes with monsters, and haunted houses where pirates used to live. You know what that is? You've never been there, but your great-grandfather Sean had. "Tomorrow, Tim, we'll be in Blyton Hills. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Meddling Kids Author Edgar Cantero ![]()
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