Recent Reads: The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander
Series: The library of Ever #1
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Publication Date:  April 30, 2019

 

Format: Ebook
Source: From Netgalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group in exchange for an honest review. this in no way alters my opinion or review.

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Goodreads Synopsis: 

The Library of Ever is an adventure across time and space, as a young girl becomes a warrior for the forces of knowledge.
With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored—until she discovers a secret doorway into the ultimate library. Mazelike and reality-bending, the library contains all the universe’s wisdom. Every book ever written, and every fact ever known, can be found within its walls. And Lenora becomes its newly appointed Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian.
She rockets to the stars, travels to a future filled with robots, and faces down a dark nothingness that wants to destroy all knowledge. To save the library, Lenora will have to test her limits and uncover secrets hidden among its shelves.

Review: 
Such a wonderful book! Lenora is a young girl often left to her own imagination with her nanny, when one day they stop at the library and she is whisked off on an adventure. On her adventure she finds a secret part of the library and she is asked if she wants to become a librarian. She will need to be strong and curious and find all the answers for the questions asked of her.

This book was an adventure through space and time and knowledge of real things and real-to-this-book things. Lenora helps animals, humans, and aliens and as she helps she gains more prestige as a librarian. But she also has to face the nothingness that wants to destroy all books, all knowledge - it was very upsetting.

Lenora is a strong and independent child, who craves this world or knowledge and adventure. She is curious and that is a wonderful trait in children. Her imagination allows her to accept all the weird requests thrown her way and she is a very fun main character. 

The overall story was such a wonderful ride, I think that both parents and young readers will really love every second of it.