  | Screaming statue (Curiosity House) Author: Oliver, Lauren | |
| Price: $6.50 | ||
Summary:
Book 2--The four orphans must avenge their friend's death, try to save their home, and unravel the secrets of their past before their past unravels them.
| Added Entry - Personal Name: | Chester, H. C |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 5.50 Points: 11.0 Quiz: 182400 | Reading Counts Information: Interest Level: 3-5 Reading Level: 5.20 Points: 15.0 Quiz: 71926 | |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (-) (03/15/16)
Booklist (03/15/16)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 03/15/2016 Having narrowly escaped the clutches of Professor Rattigan in Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (2015), the children of Dumfrey’s Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders are finally starting to feel back to “normal.” Telepath Pippa can sometimes read more than what’s in people’s pockets; Max’s knife throwing is on point (mostly); Sam is like a mini Lenny from Of Mice and Men, with his incredible strength and desire for a pet; and Thomas’ contortions get him into—and out of—some tight situations. In a ploy to drum up business for the museum, Mr. Dumfrey decides to re-create the “crime of the century“: the recent murder of a New York City heiress. Tensions rise among the four orphans as a newcomer joins their ranks, Rattigan poses a continued threat, and another murder touches their lives. Could the two deaths be linked? Oliver and Chester have created another quirky middle-grade mystery that will have no trouble drawing a crowd. Occasionally, plot points are belabored, but most readers will be too caught up in the unusual characters and intrigue to mind. - Copyright 2016 Booklist.
