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Book of the Week: 15 October 2017

Cover art by Katrina Damkoehler

The third book of the week in a row that deals with a mystery must mean that the genre has taken over from dystopian adventure in the popularity stakes (perhaps). Coincidentally this story, like last week’s, is set in the USA (although in California rather than New York) and has a central character called Ted. The similarities end there, however.

When Ted’s uncle dies, he leaves him some cryptic clues to finding some sort of treasure that lies in his cluttered apartment. Ted loves a puzzle and spends a lot of his free time solving escape-the-room games on his computer. One evening, after attempting to sort out his uncle’s apartment, he goes to his favourite game site and discovers, not only a game named after him, but one that mirrors his uncle’s rooms. Can this mysterious Game of Ted, help him solve the puzzles and find the treasure? Together with his friend Caleb, and an irritating girl called Isabel who is new to the neighbourhood, he sets out to figure out how the little information given to him by his uncle, can lead to a huge reward.

If you liked The Mysterious Benedict Society series or The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (both in the School Library) then this will be a great read. Read an excerpt here.

Holiday reading

Here are some books that have been added to library stock over the last few weeks that you might want to read over half-term. Some of them may be on loan, but you can reserve anything you want to read that isn’t on the shelves, or look for them in your local public library.