The Danger Box / Blue Balliett / 301 pages

Blue Balliett creates a wonderful story set in the small Michigan town of Three Oaks.  The main character, Zoomy, is young boy who is legally blind and has some obsessive compulsive habits.  He meets a girl with a firecracker personality and a palindrome name, Lorrol.  They become good friends and help to solve the mystery of an old notebook with journal entries from a naturalist who sailed in the 1830's on a ship called the Beagle.  Characters are endearing, the setting is quaint, and you want to know more about what happens to Zoomy and Lorrol.