Grabenstein, Chris. 2016. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics. NewYork: Random House.
Chris Grabenstein hit another home run with his second book in the Lemoncello series. Kyle Keeley has to collaborate with his team in order to hold their title as the library champions. In this book the whole country wants a chance to show what they know about libraries. Mr. Lemoncello creates the Olympic games and every region of the US is invited to have try outs and create a team of youth to compete. Charles Chiltington who was kicked out of the first games for not being a team player and his mother try to kick Mr. Lemoncello out of the library. Ms. Chiltington tries to lobby that a group of citizens need to be on a board to monitor the library. Mr. Lemoncello is always three steps ahead which creates the action and plot. Kyle becomes very concerned when Mr. Lemoncello becomes very frustrated with books being stolen and the games being sabotaged. He comes together with the other players to finish the games even after Lemoncello calls an end to the games. Kyle and the other players are set out to find the missing books. Which in the end solves the mystery and all is revealed. I really like all the wacky games and riddles Chris Grabenstein writes into the story. He even adds a riddle at the end for the reader to solve and encourages them to send their answers to him through email.
Visit Chris Grabenstein's website for resources and more adventures.
Book 3 is coming soon - October 2017
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