This was a great book and I would totally recommend it to people that are fans of puzzles and clues. It all starts when a boy named Kyle and 11 other friends stay overnight in a library. Everything is fine until morning comes and they discover that they can't leave. Kyle and his friends have to solve puzzles and follow the hints until time runs out for them. I won the third and second book from Dogobooks giveaways, and I already had the first book. I just have to say this series is amazing and I would give it 5 stars any time! (🍋🎻 =😄)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
By Chris Grabenstein
Book 1 of 5 in the
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Book Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 5 | T | 4.5 | 47493 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets A Night in the Museum in this action-packed New York Times Bestseller from Chris Grabenstein, coauthor of I Funny, Treasure Hunters and other bestselling series with James Patterson!
Kyle Keeley is the class clown and a huge fan of all games—board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the construction of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot as one of twelve kids invited for an overnight sleepover in the library, hosted by Mr. Lemoncello and riddled with lots and lots of games. But when morning comes, the doors stay locked. Kyle and the other kids must solve every clue and figure out every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route!
Don't miss the next puzzle-packed adventure—Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics—coming in January 2016!
"Discover the coolest library in the world." —James Patterson, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
34 STATE AWARDS AND COUNTING -- INCLUDING THE SUNSHINE STATE AWARD!
Starred Review, Booklist
* “An ode to libraries and literature that is a worthy successor to the original madman puzzle-master himself, Willy Wonka.”
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
*"Full of puzzles to think about, puns to groan at . . . this solid, tightly plotted read is a winner for readers and game-players alike."
Kyle Keeley is the class clown and a huge fan of all games—board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the construction of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot as one of twelve kids invited for an overnight sleepover in the library, hosted by Mr. Lemoncello and riddled with lots and lots of games. But when morning comes, the doors stay locked. Kyle and the other kids must solve every clue and figure out every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route!
Don't miss the next puzzle-packed adventure—Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics—coming in January 2016!
"Discover the coolest library in the world." —James Patterson, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
34 STATE AWARDS AND COUNTING -- INCLUDING THE SUNSHINE STATE AWARD!
Starred Review, Booklist
* “An ode to libraries and literature that is a worthy successor to the original madman puzzle-master himself, Willy Wonka.”
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
*"Full of puzzles to think about, puns to groan at . . . this solid, tightly plotted read is a winner for readers and game-players alike."
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN-13: 9780307931474
ISBN-10: 0307931471
Published on 6/24/2014
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
Book Reviews (228)
This is a awesome, amazing,great cool, book! . Kyle is so adventurous! Mr Lemoncello is so willly wonka . SOMEBODY BUILD A LIBARY LIKE THE ONE IN THE BOOK , PLZ! great library’s.
Kyle wrote an essay to be able to spend the night at the newly opened library with eleven other kids. They spend the night there, but when morning comes, the door stays locked. Kyle and his friends have to solve puzzles and figure out a way out before two days are up to win. This was a great book, and I would absolutely recommend it.
I liked the plot line of this book.
This is the book for you if you are a game lover, or just someone looking for an exciting read. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library is a book about when Kyle Keeley, an extreme gamer discovers his hero, Mr. Lemoncello is coming to town to build a public library, Kyle is excited. But when he discovers that Mr. Lemoncello will be holding a contest to have an overnight in the library, Kyle goes over the top and has to win. Once he is at the sleepover, Mr. Lemoncello announces they will be playing a new game; escape! Kyle must use his wits and friendship in order to win. But the big question is: will he do it?!?
Full of tricks, puzzles, games and a library lock in, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library is a fun book for all ages!, is a great read-to-self book, but would also be a good read-aloud!
This book is awesome! I would love to go to this library!
This book is really exciting. Kyle, the main character, loves games (especially Mr. Lemencello, who is a game maker's, games). He gets picked along with 11 other students in his school to see the new library before anybody else by winning an essay contest. After they sleep in the library and wake up the next morning, they find themselves locked in. They are explained to that there is a chance for them to play a real life game inside of the library using mostly only their brains to figure out way to escape. Some people decide to leave and Kyle, Akimi (his best friend), Sierra (a bookworm), and Miguel team up. Charles, who has bad morals teamed up with Andrew and eventually Haley. Throughout the game, Charles disqualified Andrew and Haley joined Kyle's team. Near the end when Kyle and Charles are fighting for a book that had one of the last clues in it, Charles hits Kyle and gets eliminated because one of the rules was to be gentle with the books and others. Kyle's eventually wins at the end, but were very close to not.
This book is kind of a mystery and I really like mysteries, so I really loved this book! The characters have to figure out puzzles and you usually don't know what is going to happen, so it keeps you interested. It's also very funny. I recommend this book for everyone!
This book is a of thrill, humor, and lots of thinking. This book is a lot like the Puzzler's Mansion and the character building of Keeper of the Lost cities. This is a very good book that I would recommend to kids the age 7-12.