Something+Upstairs

Something Upstairs Author: Avi Reviewed by: Jaelin

I haven't moved recently but I feel like I have after reading Something Upstairs by Avi. Kenny Hulldorf has moved during the middle of the summer with no friends and nothing to do. And if that wasn't bad enough there's a ghost of a black slave from 1870 wandering around his room at night as well!

This book seems to take place in what seems to be present day Rhode Island. But when Kenny goes into the past he is in 1972, the year the ghost was murdered. If I had to pick a genre for __SOMETHING UPSTAIRS__ it would definitely be supernatural.

Kenny Huldorf is just a regular kid who just wants enjoy his summer. But when he stumbles across Jacob (who doesn't trust white boys) he must prove to have bravery, courage, and a little luck to get himself out of this mess.

Jacob, in my opinion, is the most interesting character in book. He pulls you in and makes you want to know what happened to him but at the same time he is unpredictable and you don't know what he is going to do next. And even though he does not trust white boys, he has to if he wants to get out this mess!

Pardon Willinghast is a slave trader. And when Jacob causes trouble for him Willinghast is set on making sure the past stays the way it is. But Avi sure does make it fun to hate him!

So when Jacob convinces Kenny to come into his memory in 1872, they must find Jacob's murderer and stop him. Of course, Willinghast is in Jacob's memory as well and grabs a hold of Kenny's keychain (which is from present day) and that will stop him from returning to his own time.

Will Kenny return to present day? Will Jacob find his murderer? To find out the suspensful ending to this facinating book you'll have to have the pleasure of reading it!

And I believe the book is so pleasurable becuase Avi has had so much experience! He's wriitten so many books such as __Devil's race,__ __Fighting Ground__, and __The True confessions of Charlottle Doyle__. And I bet you didn't know that he was just a librarian until he had kids of his own! Avi, thats and interesting name, don't you think? Well nobody knows much about it except that his sister Emily gave him the nickname a age one.

So there you have it. Just try reading the book! It has a great complex storyline that any good reader will enjoy!