THE FIRST WEEK IS FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET

When June Knight, fourteen years old and the TV spokeskid for Yummy Nibbles, “the dog food dogs love more than people love people food,” decides that she wants to break into the movies, her agent Morty comes up with a scheme to get her some national publicity: June pretends to sue her parents for emancipation and moves into the attic of a nearby boarding house, where neighborhood vandals have altered the “ROOM TO LET” sign out front to read “ROOMY TOILET.”

When things begin mysteriously disappearing from the other tenants’ rooms, newcomer June is the obvious suspect, and to prove her innocence, she decides to take on the most important role of her career and play sleuth. Each of the Roomy Toilet’s wacky residents turns out to have secrets to conceal, and the book builds to a conclusion filled with multiple surprises and happy endings for everyone—well, almost everyone...

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“A solid mystery with quirky characters and a witty voice. Highly recommend to expand your younger YA mystery shelf.” 

~ Fleur Bradley, Anthony- and Agatha-nominated author

of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel and Daybreak on Raven Island

"From the brilliantly absurd (or perhaps just absurdly brilliant) mind of Josh Pachter comes a fantastic middle-grade-to-low-YA debut, First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet. Filled with winks, nods, and clever wordplay, First Week Free had me grinning ear-to-ear from start to an ending chock full of twists and turns I never saw coming."

~ KB Jackson, Agatha-winning author

of the Sasquatch Hunters Series

"This was an enjoyable book that I could not put down, quickly becoming a page-turner as I had to know how it was going to end. The mystery was nicely executed, with bits and pieces here and there and a few twists and turns to keep this reader engaged throughout. With visually descriptive narrative and engaging dialogue, the story put me in the middle of the action—and when I thought I had it all figured out, events cascaded with surprises that enhanced my reading pleasure. Overall, a delightfully charming entree into the middle-grade-to-low-YA arena."

~ Dru Ann Love, Dru's Book Musings

"A charming book that can be enjoyed by both adults and younger readers."

~ Grace Topping, author of the Laura Bishop Series