From Charlie's Point of View by Richard Scrimger

Richard Scrimger. From Charlie’s Point of View. New York, NY : Penguin Group, 2005. ISBN 0-525-47274-2

Charlie, a blind seventh grader, and his best friend Bernadette do everything together. So when Charlie’s father is accused of a string of ATM robberies, they decide to solve the case together. Scrimger’s writing is quick witted and fast paced. Bernadette and Charlie are an unlikely, but believable duo.
One humorous thing that the author does throughout this book is leave the reader hanging by describing a scene and then saying something along the lines of, and Charlie saw….and when you turn the page you see two blank pages (get it? Because Charlie is blind…) It is a pretty funny cliff hanger, especially the first time you see it (or don’t!) He uses it several times throughout the book- always at a big action scene.