Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Allen Poe

When young Eddie is falsely accused of destroying the Judge's chicken coop, he is given one day to find the true culprit. Guided by logic, but entranced by the poetry of the paranormal, Eddie seeks to solve the mystery, along the way meeting Captain Mephisto, a darkly unusual magician who has tricks up his sleeve--and maybe a demon on his back.

Scott Gustafson has illustrated Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose, Classic Fairy Tales, Alphabet Soup, and Peter Pan. Eddie is his first novel, and he lives in Chicago.