The Name of This Book Is Secret
This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story. When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they accidentally stumble upon a...
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This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story. When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they accidentally stumble upon a mystery surrounding a dead magician's diary and the hunt for immortality. Filled with word games, anagrams, and featuring a mysterious narrator, this is a book that won't stay secret for long.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316113694 (0316113697)
ASIN: 316113697
Publish date: September 1st 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 360
Edition language: English
Series: Secret (#1)
This book had a fantastic narrative style. I loved the way the author played with conventions of storytelling and played around with the fourth wall. This is one of those children's books that's fun for adults to read, too. We had a blast reading it out loud. Highly recommended for family story ...
This was a absolutely hilarious book! This book reminds me quite a bit of Lemony Snicket's - Unfortunate Events and of Trenton Lee Stewart's - Benedict Society books. I absolutely loved the creative narration, the little parts that he stopped the story to tell us something, a secret or a warning o...
Il libro mi ha attratto per due motivi:♠ Il titolo strampalato (così come quelli dei suoi seguiti, uno più bello dell'altro) che scatena la curiosità tipo scimmietta George che è dentro di me:♠ Il nome dell'autore, "Bosch". Sì, ok, ho un debole per tutto ciò che mi ricorda Harry Bosch, Connelly anne...
Auf dieses Hörbuch bin ich in der Kinderbuchabteilung meiner Bücherei aufmerksam geworden und zwar durch den ausgefallenen Titel: Der Name dieses Buches ist ein Geheimnis. Das Geheimnis wollte ich natürlich ergründen und so wanderte das Hörbuch in meinen Bibliothekskorb. :D Aber worum geht es denn...
“WARNING:DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS PAGE!” Great start to a book, isn't it? Very [a:Lemony Snicket|36746|Lemony Snicket|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1199734355p2/36746.jpg]. And that is why I picked it up, because I loved A Series of Unfortunate Events and wanted something similar. Unfortunately, Pse...