Review: If This Doesn't Inspire Boys to Read Nothing Will/Tom
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2013
Mr. Goodard has masterfully combined Twain's most memorable young characters with those sleuthing Hardy Boys that were able to keep us on the edge of our seats without  resorting to gratuitous violence or sex. Instead, Goodard subtly sells the reader on the merits of being well read with any number of references to the classics.  Written with an obvious knowledge of not only the times (early twenties) but the area (Kentucky), A Stairway to Danger is gripping enough to justify abbreviating one's sleep.  With a dash of humor, romance, and history Goodard has penned as worthwhile a YA book as I've seen in some time.  I only hope this product of a bygone era can inspire today's youth (so often enamored with video games) to discover the joys and benefits of a good book (or Kindle, as the case may be), an apple, and a shady tree on a lazy summer afternoon.