Chrissy’s Review: Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game by Chris Grabenstein

Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game (Mr. Lemoncello’s Library #4)
written by Chris Grabenstein
published by Random House Books for Young Readers, 2019

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Did I enjoy this book? What a fun-filled book! I love the Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series. The stories are fantastic, you get to solve puzzles and riddles along with the characters, there are so many book references, and there is always a great lesson to be learned.

In Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game, Kyle and his friends as well as a few other classmates and TV stars have to enter Mr. Lemoncello’s Fictionasium and become part of the story in order to break out of the library. Of course, there are puzzles, riddles, and some mayhem mixed in, but it was an awesome game. I wish I could’ve played the game or at least have been in the stands watching on the big screen, but I could see it all play out in my mind. I loved that each character had to take part in a story that wasn’t a genre they usually read. That made them open their eyes to something new. And I really loved Kyle’s story. I won’t spoil it, but it helped him learn that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to people–you never know what others are dealing with.

Would I recommend it? I would recommend all the Mr. Lemoncello’s Library books! They are wonderful, fun reads.
 

 
About the book – from Amazon: It’s the biggest livestream event ever–Mr. Lemoncello is going live with his first-ever televised BREAKOUT game!

Discover what James Patterson calls “the coolest library in the world” in the fourth fun-filled, action-packed adventure in the bestselling series from the much-loved coauthor of Max Einstein and I Funny!

Greetings, boys and girls, gamers of all ages–are you ready to play Mr. Lemoncello’s BIGGEST, most dazzling game yet? After months of anticipation, Mr. Lemoncello is taking his games out of the library and going LIVE across the nation on the world-famous Kidzapalooza Television Network! Everyone’s invited to audition, but only a lucky few will compete in front of millions of viewers in a completely immersive live-action breakout game–with real kids as the playing pieces!

Each of the winning teams must make it through five different rooms by solving a puzzle to unlock each room and BREAK OUT! But nothing is ever as it seems with Mr. Lemoncello, and the surprises in store just might stump even the game master himself. The clock is ticking! Can Kyle and his friends crack the codes in time to win Mr. Lemoncello’s ultimate game show?

 

 

 

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