The Ink Drinker (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

WHAT IF YOUR Dad loved books owned a bookstore and even called his cherished volumes my little bookies? You would probably despise booksjust like the young protagonist in this deliciously bizarre story. One summer vacation while Odilon is working in the store and hoping shoplifters will ease his burden he spots a weird pale stranger drinking a book. With a straw. As soon as the ink drinker flees (at the sound of the boys gasp) the young spy locates the customers book and discovers that it is completely blank except for a letter or two! He races out of the store on the heels of this tough customerall the way to the cemetery. . . .