Eleven year old Billy Broccoli has to contend with a new stepfather, stepsister, school, friends, house, and -- unexpectedly -- a teenage GHOST named Hoover Porterhouse. Hoover has his own problems. Unless, he improves his ghosting grades, he will be grounded forever -- unable to leave his family's Los Angeles estate. Hoover and Billy have their love of baseball in common, but otherwise, Hoover is cool...and Billy is not. To combat an obnoxious bully, boy and ghost team up, improving Billy's new school life and improving Hoover's ghostly report card. It's a win-win situation, but can the pair pull it off?
The main characters are engaging and the reader will learn to love them. The authors write from the standpoint of children and pull of the tone of the novel wonderfully. The antagonist will annoy the reader and come off as rude and mean. The events are very fast-paced, ZERO TO HERO is a quick read.
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver coauthored this fun book for elementary kids. The "Fonz" is wonderfully evident - "the Hoover's rules rule!"
Billy Broccoli is new to the neighborhood, and wants cool friends and a spot on the baseball team more than anything. But the one thing he never wanted is his own personal ghost. So imagine his surprise when he ends up sharing a room with Hoover Porterhouse, a funny ghost with a whole lot of attitude. When an obnoxious school bully sets out to demolish Billy, the Hoove comes up with a plan for revenge. It’s all in the Hoove’s Rule Number Forty-Two: Stay cool. And like it or not, Billy and the Hoove have to stick together if Billy ever wants to get in style, get even, and conquer the school
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