Closed for the Season: A Mystery Story
General Audience:
Young Adult
Genre:
Call Number:
J MYSTERY/HAH
Features:
Skinny, light; medium size typeface; not a lot of white space; readable.
Blurb Notes:
Very inviting for those who like mysteries and suspense.
Beginning, Middle, & End :
The beginning was very inviting introducing the two young protagonists in the book and giving you a glimpse of their personalities, as well as the mystery that they will become involved in.
The middle illustrated the burgeoning friendship between the two boys and more insight into the mystery.
The end was clear cut.
Style :
Humorous with very detailed dialogue
Pacing :
Fast-paced, action packed in many spots.
Format :
Straight line narrative
Characters :
Logan Forbes, Arthur Jenkins
Setting :
Present day Virginia
Theme :
Murder mystery
Focus :
Character driven
Read-a-Likes :
Hardy Boys, The Brixton Brothers
Hook :
Murder mystery
Brief Annotation :
Logan Forbes moves to Virginia with his family and finds that living in a "murder house", having a new best friend who is weird along with being the most unpopular kid in town and trying to solve a mystery in which he has to enter an old, creepy, abandoned amusement park...isn't as fun as it sounds.
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