Cleo and Evan have a secret. A collection of books so dangerous they are locked up tight. A friend has vanished inside the pages of one of them. It's up to them to find the key that will set her free.
A PRICELESS DIAMOND...STOLEN!
When Cleo and Evan go undercover to help a rookie detective interview a mansion full of suspects, nothing is as it seems. They must catch the crook -- and find the right key -- or they could be trapped inside this mystery forever...--from the publisher
128 pages 978-0545822046 Ages 7-10
Keywords: mystery, action/adventure, If You Liked The Brixton Brothers, If You Liked Murdle Jr., If You Liked Mr. Lemoncello's Library, 7 year old, 8 year old, 9 year old, If You Liked The Timekeepers
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Cleo and Evan are hanging out in their school library even though the new librarian is mean. No one knows what has happened to the old librarian, but when the two venture behind a hidden panel, they find a secret library hidden under their school, and a note from their librarian that she is trapped in the pages of a book and must be rescued. The two then get sucked into a Victorian England/Sherlock Holmes type mystery where a diamond is missing. The mean librarian is there, playing a villain, and they must solve the mystery and get back home, hopefully with the nice librarian. They don't succeed this time, so are off on another mission with The Spy's Secret.
A decent introduction for elementary readers who have never seen this type of mystery, but nothing particularly new and fresh.
Recommended by: Karen Yingling, Library Media Specialist, Ohio USA
See more of her recommendations at: msyinglingreads.blogspot.com
