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This is the start of what promises to be a very fun series. It reminded me of Indiana Jones or even The DaVinci Code, with a group of kids and adults piecing together information to find a lost invention of Copernicus. There were a few lucky coincidences, but not as many as I'd feared, and the historical and scientific information was presented very naturally, with no big info dumps.
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This was a fun "Da Vinci Code type" read. Fans of "39 Clues" would enjoy it. I had one small quibble. The group is from Austin, Texas, yet they say "you guys". No self-respecting Texan would say "you guys". Y'all is the proper way to address people!
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This is clearly for fans of the 39 Clues series, those who have moved on to longer reads but still love the conspiracy serial motif. My prediction? In a few years they'll be Dan Brown fans.
A series of seemingly unrelated "accidents" around the world might be ignored, but the death (ok, murder) of Uncle Henry can't be. Soon Wade, step-brother Darrell, cousin Lily and her friend Becca and father Roald are off to Berlin ("city of spies") and then Italy, fleeing the mysterious Knights and decoding m ...more
A series of seemingly unrelated "accidents" around the world might be ignored, but the death (ok, murder) of Uncle Henry can't be. Soon Wade, step-brother Darrell, cousin Lily and her friend Becca and father Roald are off to Berlin ("city of spies") and then Italy, fleeing the mysterious Knights and decoding m ...more
Nov 19, 2022
Beth
marked it as to-read
