Author: Chris Grabenstein
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Year: 2016
Genre: JUV Fiction
Age: JUV 10+
Audio Publisher: Listening Library (Penguin Random House)
Audio Year: 2016
Audio Reader: Jesse Bernstein
Audio Length: 5discs (6 hours & 5 minutes)
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This is the second book in the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series. I got the book on audio then finished it through my library's ebook app Cloud Library. I already have the 3rd book on ebook checked out & I also have the audio on hold.
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The Ohio winners of Mr. Lemoncello's Library game are back again! Kyle, Miguel, Hailey, Akimi, & Sierra are all enjoying stardom on the big screens of kids all over the country. The prize for the winning team was starring roles in Mr. Lemoncello's new TV commercials. Hailey moves away with her family,off to bigger & better things. But the other 4 members of "Team Kyle" are ready for their next turn.
Mr. Lemoncello has been getting letters from kids ever since the first games took place. They all want their chance at fame & getting to show off their skills of course. So he decides to create the Library Olympics so that kids from all over the country will have a chance to win a prize inside the coolest library in the world. Kids from all over compete in challenges in their hometowns to get on teams that are broken up by region. Then all the teams come to Alexandriaville to compete for a full ride to college by playing games & winning challenges inside Mr. Lemoncello's fantastic library.
All the kids participate in various challenges like picking out Dewey Decimal books with no call numbers, making paper airplanes, & book trivia.
But not everyone is happy about the games taking place.Charles Chiltington is still mad about losing to Team Kyle. So him & his mother hatch a plan to run Mr. Lemoncello out of town for good so Charles's mom & her band of concerned library lovers can swoop in & take over, running the library the way they think it should have been running from the beginning. They have the help of Woody Peckleman, Andrew's long lost uncle, plus one of the Olympian kids.
Kyle & his friends are up against some fierce competition this time around. Their opponents include a girl named Majory Muldauer from the Midwest team that is the most knowledgeable library goer ever.
The hometown heroes are gonna have to read up, practice their skills, & use some of their previous knowledge to win this game before it's too late!
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Likes: This story was just as fun as the first. Keeping some of the original characters & adding new ones keeps your interest. Being back in Mr. Lemoncello's beautiful & magical library gives you goosebumps & keeps you at the edge of your seat. The blending of knowledge & technology is once again present in this book & they include it in the games. Perfect book for people of all ages.
Once again the book is jam packed with library info & skills. So it's the perfect book for avid readers & library lovers alike!
We get to see some different parts of the library as well as some new things that it can do, adding to the magic of an already magical place. The Wonder Dome mesmerizes you with its technological abilities & with secret rooms & hidden doors you can't wait to see what will happen next.
This book had a twist right at the end...like 3 or 4 chapters before the epilogue...it leaves you wondering how in the world you didn't no about it! I can usually pick up on stuff like that pretty early on but I was surprised by this book.
We get to see some sides of the library that are not great but are apart of the library world unfortunately. Missing books, book banning, fighting for intellectual freedom, & possible book burning! These are things that while working in the library world happen frequently & I think it's good that they have been included. We all need someone like Mr. Lemoncello to fight for libraries & our right to reading & information.
The reader is the same for the audio version as the first book. I hate when they change readers so I was happy to hear that it was the same one. He does a great job keeping with the characters except for Mr. Lemoncello, he loses his Italian accent & I'm not sure why. But the book jokes & puns remain.
After you read this book you start wondering what could the next book possibly be about...at this point I have no idea but I like the suspense.
Dislikes: -
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