Recent Reads: Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game by Chris Grabenstein

Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game by Chris Grabenstein
Series: Mr. Lemoncello's Library #4
Publisher:  Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication Date:  May 7, 2019

 

Format: Aubile Audiobook
Source: Bought

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Goodreads Synopsis: 

Mr. Lemoncello is going LIVE ACROSS THE NATION in his brand new televised BREAKOUT game! Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth puzzle-packed adventure in Chris Grabenstein's New York Times bestselling MR. LEMONCELLO series! 
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 LIVE across the nation on the world famous Kidzapalooza Television Network! Everyone's invited to audtion, but only a lucky few will be chosen to compete in front of millions of viewers in a brand new, completely immersive, live action breakout game where kids will be the playing pieces! Kyle Keeley is determined to be one of them. Each of the winning teams will have to make it through 5 seperate rooms in Mr. Lemoncello's fantastic new Fictionasium to find the answer to a puzzle that will unlock that room's lock and allow them to break out! But nothing is ever as it seems with Mr. Lemoncello and the surprises in store just might stump even the gamemaster himself. Can Kyle break out of his own expectations-and win Mr. Lemoncello's ultimate gameshow?

Review: 
Love me some Lemoncello!!! His library invites his town to have fun while learning and so go all of his games. In this installment, Kyle and his friends are invited to apply to be a part of Mr. Lemoncello's all new game, a virtual reality breakout of the library game. Kyle's team has to complete challenges in order to open a series of locks to them breakout of the library, and he is up against a team of All-Stars and a team headed by Charles Chiltington - the little snake.

I love this series and this book because there are so many different references to other books and it is all about the love of learning but also about teamwork and understanding of others over the need to win. Charles makes a great villain and I loathe him and I am getting mad that none of the adult are able to do anything about his lying and cheating, but it is often the case that the smart bad kids aren't caught, so it is semi-realistic. 

If your middle grade reader loves reading or games, this is a great book full of puzzles and riddles that you can work out while you are reading or listening and the story is full of drama and the love of books. This fourth Lemoncello does not disappoint.