Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson

A funny story about being a boy in the country in the 1950s.

Recommended age: 12 – 14; 14 – 16

Henry is living in Italy, but he comes home to the US for the summer with an assignment from his teacher to learn about free enterprise.   Meanwhile, if Henry is anything like his mother, his Uncle is expecting an interesting summer.   His expectations might be best expressed in his parting words to Henry at the end of the summer:  “When Vesuvius erupts, take a picture for me. . . . With both you and your mother in Naples, it’s bound to [erupt].”   Wherever Henry (or his mother) went, things happened.

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