It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

Long-winded digressions interrupt the flow of the storytelling, and it takes almost half the book to get to the zany situations that provide most of the laughs. Ultimately, the buildup to the to-be-continued ending doesn’t quite deliver. The kids take action to prepare for whatever is happening in their new world without parents, gathering necessities from their neighbors’ empty houses and trying to keep each other’s spirits up with dad jokes and teasing, except in the truly gentle spaces where they admit their fears to each other. After a power outage, Eddie links up with four other left-behind kids, and they all enjoy fun times until the streetlights come on-but none of their families return from the party. However, when his mom unearths the mountain of smelly laundry that he’s ignored for the entire summer, Eddie is left home in a literal funk, with nothing to wear but his glow-in-the-dark pineapple swim trunks. Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway is ready to have a blast at Beach Bash with his friends-it’s the day when everyone in town heads to Lake Erie for great food and live music.

Eddie and his brother call each other names, and his brother bullies him by smacking a pile of clothes out of his hand and pouring honey in his bed.Epic end-of-summer plans go awry for five kids in Ohio. He daydreams what he'd say to her, but she never appears. The scene teeters between gross and funny. Since the clothes have been sitting all summer, there's an odor. When Eddie's mom discovers his laundry, the avalanche falls on her, and a pair of his underwear falls on her head. As a result, Eddie is shirtless, and there are comments about his physique and nipples. This leaves him with only a bathing suit left to wear during the book. His plan involves wearing every item of clothing he owns so he doesn't have to do laundry until he runs out.

Reynolds, follows Eddie Gordon and his 'genius' plan of getting out of doing his laundry over the summer. Parents need to know that It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit, by Justin A. Eddie takes medication for his ADHD twice a day.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.

It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds