FAIRDAY MORROW AND THE TALKING LIBRARY.

FAIRDAY MORROW AND THE TALKING LIBRARY by JESSICA HAIGHT & STEPHANIE ROBINSON (Illustrations by DAVID SANANGELO).

Anything's possible.

Fairday Morrow had no clue that moving from Manhattan to the small town of Ashpot, Connecticut, would lead to an unsolved mystery. Her parents’ dream of renovating a crumbling Victorian called the Begonia House into a bed and breakfast had seemed like treachery at the time. But Fairday found out that her new house kept secrets, and once inside its twisted front gates, anything was possible. When mysterious notes start showing up warning that a librarian is in trouble and a bookworm is eating words, Fairday thinks the Begonia House has more skeletons in its closets. She notices a passage in her favorite book has been changed, and she’s certain something is dreadfully wrong. What happens to stories when their words get eaten?

- Back Cover Blurb

Local librarians were shocked to find out that a collection of rare artifacts, owned by the deceased recluse Thurston Begonia, will be donated to the Ashpot Library

- First Sentence

"It's Okay, we're not going to hurt you," Lizzy soothed. "Can you come out?"

"Ye--yes," the book sobbed, then began to twitch. All at once its pages swirled up into a paper girl with words flowing around her like living sentences.

- Memorable Moment: Page 83

SOURCE ... An Advanced Reading Copy kindly sent by the authors.

READ FOR ... Not applicable.

MY THOUGHTS ... Whilst not adverse to reading books out of sequence, I'd suggest that this, the second in The Fairday Morrow Files, is best read after book one, The Secret DMS Files Of Fairday Morrow, and not just because it fills you in on previous events. As, creatively and intelligently written, its a great introduction to the 'crumbling, creepy old manor house and its residents.

But onto this, the latest instalment, of which I hope there are many more to come.

With its eye-catching cover and a title that surely all bibliophiles will find hard to resist I'm pleased to say that this lived up to all of my expectations ... and then some.

Like the stories of a certain boy wizard, this is a book that grown-ups should surely find every bit as magical as younger readers as they emerge themselves in a great mystery in which Fairday and friends race to solve puzzles before, words disappearing from books, its too late.

Fast paced, suspenseful, wonderfully imaginative, outstounding illustrations and just the right side of spooky for its target audience of middle graders. If you thought you knew what a Book Worm was ... think again - or better still pick up a copy of Fairday Morrow And The Talking Library.

You've read my thoughts, now for the book trailer ...