Love Among the Walnuts

by Jean Ferris
paperback, PRMS discard 216 pages
genre: YA fiction

I had this up at the lake and wanted a quick read. It was goofy, fun, and very very very middle-school oriented. It reminded me a bit of the Brendan Fraser movie Blast from the Past. Sandy was raised by his wealthy reclusive parents on an isolated manor out in the countryside. When his scheming uncles try to do away with the family so that they can inherit, Sandy is spared but now has to deal with the "real world." Adding to the oddness of the story is the presence of Walnut Manor next door, a convalescent home of sorts with strange patients and weird surprises.

Fun story. I'll put it back on the shelf . . . it has a nice message about relationships being more valuable than money. (Though it's always amusing when incredibly wealthy people are the ones making this observation . . . ) Still, I like Ferris' writing style.