Bikes and Bullies: A Neil Everheart Mystery What in the world is going on?
What do you do when you find a classmate beaten up, his new bike taken from him by the schoolÂ’s most dangerous bully? If youÂ’re Neil Everheart, you agree to get the bike back from the bully, which means an after-school showdown in front of half the school. And thatÂ’s just in the first few pages of Bikes and Bullies.
Soon more new bikes are missing in Greenbelt, where Neil lives, even though Neil’s father, the town’s Chief of Detectives, says no bikes have been reported stolen. What in the world is going on? It’s a mystery that Neil can’t resist, even though he should, because soon it becomes bigger and more dangerous than he could have guessed—or might survive.
Customer Review: A great read for pre-teens (and adults too)!
It’s too bad that Michael Swartz wasn’t writing about Neil Everheart when I was a youngster. I likely would have become an avid reader earlier in my life. Thankfully, I have referred my own pre-teens to this engaging mystery where Neil, Marcus and Jun are the teenage sleuths who foil bullies and bad guys in greater DC. Excellent character development, picture perfect description of Greenbelt and real life drama. I look forward to the next in the Everheart series.
Customer Review: A Unique Young Adult Novel with an Excellent Plot and Charac
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The plot was very engaging and the characters were even more so. In the few dozen books I have read designed for teen and young adult audiences, I have never come across one that had characters with such depth and real life problems, yet captured in a way that teens (and adults) can relate to without being overwhelmed. It’s unique in this sense based on my reading of young adult fiction. The length of the book is very digestible too and Mr. Swartz says a lot while only having to say a little. This speaks to the fact that it was very nicely written and well crafted. I hope Mr. Swartz make this first “Neil Everheart” mystery one of several because I believe it has the makings of an excellent series.
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