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This book reminds me so much of The Westing Game so I can't resist to give it 5 stars :D The characters are great (although a bit one dimensional but that's still fine), the puzzles are terrific, but one thing I love the most is the reference to some cool children books. A story, setting in an amazing library, children trying to solve puzzles to find the way out, and between the excitement, there are books and books and books. What's not to love? :)
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This book is aimed at middleschoolers and my rating is based on that fact. Kyle Keeley is a huge fan of games and when he finds out his favorite gamemaker, Mr. Lemoncello, is having a lock in party at his towns new library Kyle decides he has to get invited. The 12 kids who win an invitation to the party have to solve a lot of puzzles to find a secret way out of the library. The library itself is pretty amazing and I had fun following the clues with he kids in the story. The characters aren't ve
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Loved this middle grade story. Of course I love any book that is based on books or libraries. Also, I love Grabenstein's John Ceepak mysteries, so I had to check out this series.
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Hmm. I can't decide what I thought of this book. It is about these kids that have to find their way out of a library by using all these dewey decimal clues that lead them to books in a super technologically advanced magical library. It was a lot like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory except it takes place in a library instead. At times I found the characters and story eye rollingly contrived and annoying. Other times it was endearing and fun.
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This book had our full attention from cover to cover. It was so much fun trying to figure out the clues that led to the escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library. This is a story for everyone, but you will particularly enjoy it if you are a children's literature junkie. Or if you like balloons. ;-)
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My 9-yr-old and I both loved this book.
Dec 31, 2014
Vesra (When She Reads)
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Dec 21, 2016
Isabel
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Jun 12, 2017
Jocelyn
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Sep 30, 2017
Michelle
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Oct 19, 2018
Wanda
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May 30, 2020
Pantteri
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Kim DeCina
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