The Third Mushroom (Fourteenth Goldfish, #2) by Jennifer L.
Holm, 220 pages. Random House,
2018. $17.
Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G;
Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS –
ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Ellie loves science and she decides to partner
with her grandpa for the middle school science fair. Ellie’s grandpa, Melvin, looks like a
teenager because of a science experiment he did on himself (more of that story in
the Fourteenth Goldfish). Melvin and
Ellie discover an animal that can adapt and grow new body parts, and when
Melvin tries it on himself it doesn’t have the predicted outcome. There are lots of changes in Ellie’s life, so on top of navigating her grandpa’s crazy experiments she also must figure
out her friendship with her best friend, Raj.
This is a cute sequel to Ellie and Melvin’s adventures in the Fourteenth
Goldfish. Ellie is a likable character
and the story line is creative, with a little bit of attempted romance between
Ellie and Raj. The end of the book has
mini biographies on some of the better-known scientists. If your readers enjoyed Fourteenth Goldfish,
they will like this as well, but I recommend reading them in order.
C. Peterson
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