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Book Review of The Explorer of Barkham Street

The Explorer of Barkham Street
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The Bully of Barkham Street, tormentor of A Dog on Barkham Street, Martin Hastings is 13 now and learning hard lessons. In McCully's lively pictures, we witness events as Stolz's new novel whisks us back to the neighborhood where Martin combats loneliness with dreams of glorious exploits as an explorer like his historic heroes. Martin also hopes for a reunion with his dear pet Rufus, when his father decides the boy has been sufficiently punished for his mistreatment of Eddie Frost (in the previous books