Horns & Wrinkles -- Joseph Helgerson

It's SO CUTE!  Adorable, even.  I don't mean cute and adorable in a precious way, because the book has bite.  The illustrations are beautiful and funny and shadowy and spooky and the story itself is so well-told and I loved the characters.  It's one that I'll re-read again and again.

I just loved it:

My cousin Duke's trouble on the river started the day he dangled me off the wagon wheel bridge.  It's an old stone bridge, abandoned now, except for bullies and the occasional river troll in need of a hideout.

Horns & Wrinkles is a must-read.  In fact, I think I must read it again and write a more detailed review.  (Oh, sometimes I crack myself up.  But, really.  It's a must read.)