Title: The Man Who Was Poe Author: AVI Genre: Mystery Name: Brooke Henson Team: 7H Teacher: Mrs. Passini Rating: 5 Stars Review: The main characters of the book is a little boy named Edmund, a devious man name Edgar Allan Poe, and a little girl that goes by Sis. The setting of the book is in Providence, Rhode Island. The conflict of the book is that a little boy named Edmund's aunt has died when she went in search of his mother. His little sister has disappeared and now Edmund is all alone with no one left but a man out of the dark running away from his own demons. Now they only really have is each other. One interesting incident is, when Edgar Allan Poe is going to meet Mrs. Whitman in the grave yard. He meets a ghost asking for her kids, and then she disappears into a grave. He goes to fallow her and a man shows up and grabs him. The Man Who Was Poe is a great book for those who like mystery and murders. This book is great! It grabs you from the start and makes you not want to stop reading it until you are done with the book. |