Everyone's favorite game maker, Mr. Lemoncello, is testing out his new FABULOUS FACT-FINDING FRENZY game! If Kyle can make it through the first round, he and the other lucky finalists will go on a great race--by bicycle, bookmobile, and even Mr. Lemoncello's corporate banana jet!--to find fascinating facts about famous Americans. The first to bring their facts back to the library will win spectacular prizes! But when a few surprising "facts" surface about Mr. Lemoncello, it might be GO TO JAIL and LOSE A TURN all at once! Could Kyle's hero be a fraud? It's winner take all, so Kyle and the other kids will have to dig deep to find out the truth before the GAME is OVER for Mr. Lemoncello and his entire fantastic empire!Another great installment in the Lemoncello series. This book centers on research and knowing how to search for and find information, all wrapped up in the thrill of a race with high stakes. Kyle and friends are about to find out amazing facts about some incredible figures in history: Abraham Lincoln, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Edison, Michael Jordan, etc. What do all these figures have in common? They've failed, but kept on working hard until they succeeded.
I love how Grabenstein includes valuable information, like how to do research and how to use libraries for research, within his stories. The Lemoncello series shows just how useful and fun libraries can be and, as a librarian myself, I appreciate that. The fact that this book and the others in the series can be about such mundane activities as research and still be fun and full of adventure is a credit to Grabenstein's writing. I especially enjoyed the inclusion of different cultural backgrounds in this one. It was done in a very natural and everyday way.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a fun, quick read or those who have read the previous Lemoncello books.
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