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eBook Category: Young Adult/Mystery/Crime
eBook Description: In Philip and the Baby, Philip resents the fact that a new baby is coming into his house. At first he is actively hostile to the new arrival. Then he mellows and tries to do a few nice things for the baby but that all goes wrong. Will anything get Philip to love and accept his new baby sister before he drives his parents crazy with his behavior? In Philip and the Case of Mistaken Identity Philip and his best friend Emery, detectives on the trail, try to cope with a mystifying little girl who runs them a merry chase. Can they figure out the secret this little girl is hiding in time to prevent them from losing their minds?

eBook Publisher: Wings ePress, Inc, Published: 2007, 2007
Fictionwise Release Date: July 2007

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [361 KB], eReader (PDB) [96 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [70 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [66 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [134 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [127 KB], hiebook (KML) [227 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [126 KB], iSilo (PDB) [58 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [74 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [125 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [105 KB]
Words: 23448
Reading time: 66-93 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 978-1-59705-109-8

Philip was lying on his bed face down a few evenings later when he heard his father's car pulling into the driveway. He felt terrible. Mommy and Daddy were mad at him. His teacher was unhappy with him and had sent a note home about him. Emery still wouldn't talk to him because of the chess pieces he'd kicked over. A new baby was coming, and he couldn't understand why. Maybe his mother and father always wanted a girl instead of him. Maybe when he was born they were disappointed he was a boy. Or maybe they were tired of scolding him so much they wanted someone better than him. Or maybe they just didn't like him anymore. He wished he could do something about this. But what could he do?

Nothing.

Just be miserable.

There was a knock on his bedroom door, and his father walked in.

"Philip, Mommy and I visited school at lunchtime today. You don't seem any happier there lately than you are here. Is it because of the new baby?"

"No."

"The teacher said you took a bottle of germs to school for show and tell. Do you still have the bottle?"

"Yes."

"I don't see it. Is it in your shoe box?"

Philip nodded.

"What are you going to do with those germs?"

"They're for the baby," Philip grumbled softly.

"You're saving them to hurt the new baby?" Philip's father asked in surprise.

Philip didn't answer.

"The new baby didn't do anything to hurt you. I don't think the baby will ever do anything to hurt you. You will be the older brother. The baby will love you, Philip. Love you a lot."

"I don't want to be a brother."

"I see. Well, don't get angry before you have to, Flipper. Nothing happened yet to make you so angry, did it?"

Yes, it did, Philip wanted to say. You and Mommy want somebody else. But he didn't answer.

"Think about it, Philip. We'll talk later. A little at a time. There's no hurry."

Philip said nothing.

"Come down for dinner in a while. You can go out to play after dinner. Maybe that will make you feel better. And think things over. It won't be as bad as you imagine."

Philip didn't believe that at all.