Grabenstein, Chris Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, 287
p. Random House, 2013. $17. Content: G.
Mr. Lemoncello is a world famous toy manufacturer and Kyle will do
absolutely ANYTHING in order to meet the man and play his games. Yes, even write an essay and GO TO THE
LIBRARY! GASP! Mr. Lemoncello has come home to the town and
help nurture him and his gift is a fabulous new library, filled with great
books and fun puzzles. Kyle makes it in
to the opening night sleep over, along with his best friend Akimi, some school
acquaintances, and the town spoiled rich boy.
The next morning holds an even better surprise – Mr. Lemoncello has
created a contest – the winner will be the newest spokesperson for his newest
products. Kyle and his friends are
willing to share the prize, working together to solve the puzzles. Rich boy, however, also has some cohorts and
he is willing to do anything to anybody in order to win, lie, cheat or steal.
I know librarians, especially children’s
librarians and fans of the Dewey Decimal system will have fun with this. The puzzles are fun to solve and there is an
extra puzzle within the pages waiting to be discovered. This is reminiscent of just a good
old-fashioned children’s book. This
would be fun to read aloud with a third grade class, just for kicks.
EL – ADVISABLE.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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