I Hate Your Guts, Ben Brooster

by Eth Clifford

When eleven-year-old Charlie's nine-year-old cousin Ben arrives from Japan with the wrong suitcase to spend a year with him, Charlie is irritated by Ben's genius intelligence, but comes to admire him as the two are drawn into a mystery concerning a handwritten will in Ben's suitcase.Charlie is excited about meeting his cousin, Ben, the genius, but soon Ben is doing some pretty stupid things, getting Charlie into a mess of trouble

Genres: Realistic Fiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1989

About the author

Eth Clifford was born in New York City in 1915. She and her husband, David Rosenberg, started David-Stewart Publishing Company. Her first book for children was published in 1959 and since that time she wrote numerous books for children and young adults. She was also known as Eth (or Ethel) Clifford Rosenberg, and as published under the name Ruth Bonn Penn, and with her husband under David Clifford. Eth Clifford died in 2003

Reviews

[Nora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Breezy chapter book about selfish 11 y/o boy whose younger genius cousin comes to live with them. There’s a mystery involving hidden treasure.