Following Fake Man

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Summary: A Great Mystery
Review: A compassionate and exciting novel, Following Fake Man tells the story of a boy who is yearning to know the truth.
Homer Winthrop is a moody city boy from Boston, MA. His father died when he was two, and his mother suddenly has migraine headaches or is struck dumb when he askes about his father. But this summer, things are different. Homer, his mom, and his housekeeper all go on a vacation to Herring Cove, ME, his father's hometown. Once there Homer meets Roger Sweeney, and they both get wrapped up in a mystery complete with disguises, supposed smugglers, and Homer's father's past. In the end NOTHING is what they expect.
I really enjoyed reading about Homer's progression through his mysterious past. Anyone with a 'sweet tooth' for mystery would!

Rating:
Summary: An ok book
Review: I gave this book two stars because it was more bad then good. I mean the kids could have met a little differently. that's because who meets someone on vacation that they don't know and they just saw shoot a guy, and after he sees the one kid shoot the man he talks to him like they have been friends forever. Then they start hanging out every day.
The only good part is the mystery behind the fake man and how it ends. It ends completely different then I thought it would. At first you'll think the old man is a kingpin drug dealer, but i guess you'll have to read it to find out how it ends.

Rating:
Summary: A Mystery In Maine
Review: To read at any time, but don't want one really long novel, then this is the book for you.
I give Following Fake Man four stars for being a really good book, but more suspence would have made Following Fake Man a five star book in my opinion. Following Fake Man is about a boy named Homer Whinthrop who has to go live in Maine for a few weeks because his mother wanted a vacation and she chose her old home in Maine for the vaction. Whenever Homer wants to know about his father, his mother won't tell him and she has a unique way of not answering his questions. Wwhen they get to the vaction spot, Madeleine, the housekeeper, almosts hits an old mysterious man and Homer's mother yeaps out like she knew the man. Homer doesn't know that he will meet his first real friend and find out more about the Fake Man that Homer's family hit when they arrived. Homer will finally find out about this fake man, his mother's willing to hind the answers, and how his father's death is all figured in all of this.