The day before Wil David turns twelve years old, he learns that the newspaper route he has been so excited to inherit will be ending its distribution to his hometown. Outraged, he tries to find every way possible to help keep the route alive. He e-mails the owner, gets signatures on a petition and still he doesn't feel that it's enough. It isn't until he sees the new game at the fair that things start to turn around for him. When the fair rolls in, it brings with it the Cover the Spot game guaranteeing its winner a $1,000 prize. One to always figure out the catch, Wil can't seem to figure out what the catch is this time. It isn't until the day before the fair ends that he figures out how it's rigged and how he can catch the crooks, and save the paper and his town, all at once.
I really liked this book. I saw it every so often on the shelves of the bookstore and always said, "Eh, maybe next time" until I finally did. I thought it was interesting. The first few chapters didn't really do it for me, but once it got to the bit with the fair, it got really, really great. It had a lot of different elements. There was mystery (you want to find out the catch of the game just as much as Wil!), humor (one of his older brothers can never get sayings correctly), hope (you want the paper to stay alive) and so much more. I was very glad to have picked this up.
It's a quick read once you get beyond the first few pages. It's only 199 pages and will only take you a few hours to read it. It's nice to see a book about something that is certainly on its way out due to technology. Oh, the paper route.
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