Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Author: Chris Grabenstein
Publisher: New York: Random House [2013]; 304 p.
Annotation:
Twelve year old Kyle and a group of seventh graders are invited to stay overnight in their new hometown library built by their idol, the famous game maker Luigi Lemoncello. The readers will be carried away with the characters, and together will try to solve the puzzles that Mr.Lemencello has set for them. The children will try to escape the library lock-in and the first one to do so will win the role of being the spokesperson to Mr. Lemoncello’s company. Through using their smarts, and through Mr. Lemoncello’s ingenious technological sets, readers will be caught in an intuitive narrative experience, featuring book references, Dewey shelf number clues and the feeling of being on a live online game show. This is a unique and interesting twist on mystery genres that is sure to appeal to book and game lovers who like putting their thinking caps on.
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