The Pickle King

The Pickle King
by Rebecca Promitzer (New Books)(J Promitzer, R.)(2010)
for ages 8-12 years

It's summer in the tiny town of Elbow, and all it does is rain from May to September. Bea, her friend Sam and his dog Jellybean stumble onto a mystery when they find a dead man in a house. He turns out to be Herman, the Pickle King, who is famous for Herman's Devil Tongue relish.

The kids are forced by school to hang out with the other "Raintown Convicts," who are the kids who stay behind in the summer. One by one they drag Madison, Butterfly and Eric into the mayhem. First there is a possessed camera, with a mind of its own. Then there is a mysterious bag of intestines. Add a ghostly encounter on an abandoned train. Next sprinkle in a castle shaped ring, a secret society, underground garbage people, an ancient romance, and the town's founder. Strange things keep happening and the kids put all the pieces together to discover a bizarre secret. -SC-

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