Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery & a Very Strange Adventure | 
"Biblioteket bestod av två delar. Den gamla delen hade små torn på utsidan och en hall med stenplattor på golvet och en marmorstaty av en man som läste i en bok, medan den moderna delen hade en glastrappa mitt i salen och en enorm skulptur av ståltråd som föreställde en banan."
”Det var hopplöst. Hon var alldeles för smart för honom.”
"Kombinationen av chips och sällskap hade en mycket uppiggande effekt. Det kändes bra att vara en del i ett lag, även om en i laget var blind och en var lite kortvuxen och en var en hund."
(Sorry. Read this in Swedish.)
pickWhat a delightful surprise—from a spectacular cover & a crossword writer dad, to a plucky hero & the long lost magic workshop of a sort of famous magician, this story has a little of everything. Plus, a very sophisticated vocabulary. What‘s it about? After Stuart Horten & his family move, he discovers his great uncle was a magician & that he left a set clues that would lead to his treasure trove of magical tricks. Sure to be fun for young readers.
Stuart Horten‘s dad is a crossword puzzle writer and this might be the most brilliant of all the wonderful things about this fun, quirky little book. So fantastic!
I should mention Stuart is the main character...
Okay yes, I admit it, I‘m easily seduced by an interesting or beautiful or funny or simply, for whatever reason, eye-catching cover. Saw this one & you bet I picked it up. Then I opened it & in the 1st chapter of this delightful MG book read “perambulation”, “sylvan”, “incendiary”, & “probate”. Oh yeah, & there‘s a magician too! So, I feel really good about this book coming home with me to be read. One chapter in & it‘s crazy good fun!
pickI picked these up at a book sale a few months ago because the promise of magic+secret contraptions was too good to pass up. Hear my full review on Episode 15, available now. - A #thereadingwomen #hortensmiraculousmechanisms #middlereaders
pickJust finished! Fun adventure story with some family history to learn along the way. Stuart finds that sometimes it's okay to have help.
"Ah, there you are. I was just thinking of going for a brief perambulation. Would you like to come too?"
"Normally Stuart would rather have poured cold gravy over himself than go for a walk with his father."
I'm hooked now! ?
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