Indies Introduce

Middle Grade

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  Book Scavenger, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
  Henry Holt and Co.(BYR) / Christy Ottaviano Books, 9781627791151, June 2, 2015 (Middle Grade)
  

  ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY meets MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE in this quirky, witty, action-packed, mystery adventure. Our protagonist is 12-year-old Emily. She comes across a fantastic, thrilling game made by Garrison Griswold, the Willy Wonka of the publishing industry. But villains attack Griswold and turn childish fun into a game for Emily’s life!

  Drew Durham, Linden Tree Books (Los Altos, CA)
  
  

  When Emily's family moves to San Francisco, it's hardly their first new home - her parents are trying to live in all 50 states -- but it's the one Emily is most excited about. The Bay Area is home to Garrison Griswold, the creator of Book Scavenger, an online and in real-life game involving puzzles and hidden books. When Emily stumbles on a mysterious book and Griswold is attacked, Book Scavenger gets more exciting than Emily expected. As magical as a fantasy, but set entirely in the (neatly described) real world, BOOK SCAVENGER is a story of friendship and wit that rollicks along at a perfect book-loving pace.

  Molly Templeton, WORD Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY)
  

  This book is a work of pure genius and is geocaching for the book lover. The main characters have a mystery to solve, books to find, clues to follow, and time is of the essence. The brilliance of it all is that, with the release of BOOK SCAVENGER, the game becomes real and you too can post and find books all over the world. Woven into this fast-paced and well-written book are elements of life that are completely relatable, including parents that move way too much, making new friends, strange older brothers, and loving a book and an author so much that they take over your life completely!

  Jesica Sweedler DeHart, BookPeople of Moscow (Moscow, ID)