Dudley Sparks and the Eighth Invitation: All Smiles

"Dudley Sparks and The Eighth Invitation," is a great book. It is an entertaining story about five fifth grade boys and the excitement generated by a "Reed Conti" sleepover. Like most preteens, the main character, Vincent Lexington Jones, a gangly, ten and a half year old, is struggling to find himself. He is naïve but tries to be cool and sophisticated, especially when Olivia Morgan is around. Among his ongoing problems with his five year old brother, Andrew, and missing his big brother, J...