Now, I have read the book Eddy and His Amazing Pet by Michael P. Waite more than once, and I must say, I've since found plenty of good and positive things to say about it. 😇😊
Basically, if I had to pick a few favorite scenes in this book that I'd take a liking to and memorize from time to time, I would pick these ones:
Eddy Hooper sat underneath the big Camp Tomahawk sign flicking pebbles into the woods. He sprawled out on top of his duffel bag and tried to think up excuses to give his parents. Lately, though, they had seemed pretty sick of his excuses. And this time it was almost a lost cause. Mr. Burke, the camp director, had already phoned his parents and told them everything.
Camp Tomahawk was supposed to last all summer long, but Eddy was being sent home after only five days. Not that he cared. The place seemed more like a prison to him. (p. 7)
Looking back, Eddy still couldn't see what was so awful about what he'd done. He'd gone to camp to have fun, but every time he tried, it just got him deeper into trouble.
Right off, on the first day of camp, he'd been kicked off the waterfront for practicing his "long distance diving." It seemed like a pretty outrageous penalty for such a minor offense. All he had done was jump from the shower house roof over three canoes into the swimming area. But that was all it took. There were no warnings or anything; the lifeguard just pointed toward the shores and shouted, "GO!"
Then, two days later, the same thing happened at the archery range. Eddy got booted out just for breaking one silly little nitpicky rule: Campers Will Shoot Only One Arrow at a Time. But who takes rules like that seriously? Besides, he was just joking around, trying to have a little fun. He wanted to see what would happen if he fired six arrows at once, and TWANG!—off they went, swerving through the air like a flock of runaway missiles. One landed in the tennis courts, two disappeared into the woods, one hit a target (over in the rifle range), and one went through the roof of Mr. Burke's private golf cart. The archery instructor suspended Eddy for the rest of the week because of "unsafe conduct" and "for being an all-around smarty-pants." Can you imagine that? They actually had a rule against being a "smarty-pants"!
After lots of lectures, warnings, punishments and so on, Eddy had decided to watch his step for a while. And he was doing fairly well until one day in nature class. (p. 8-9)
If you want to know what happens next, I suggest reading the book to find out.
Finally, I highly recommend this book to kids, teenagers and adults, and I give it five stars as well (although ten stars would be even better). 😇👍🏼👍🏼
