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Nov 26, 2018
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman’s novel Book Scavenger is a mystery book filled with adventures, history, friendship and more. Book Scavenger was published on June 2, 2015 and the story takes place in modern San Francisco. There is a twelve-year-old girl named Emily who is always moving from one place to another. Her parents are in a quest to eventually live in all 50 states. When she moves to San Francisco, she is overjoyed because it is where her favorite author Garrison Griswold lives. He is the one who created Book Scavenger, a game that involves hiding books, finding clues, and getting points for finding the book that someone hid. Along the way, Emily makes a really good friend, her neighbor James. He helps her with all the challenges/ciphers. But the trouble is Garrison Griswold has been shot, and a rare book, (The Gold Bug) of his has been lost/taken. Emily gets her hands on it, but she still has to crack the code before the thieves who attacked Griswold figure it out first. Book Scavenger is a page turner that never stops. The two main characters are unlikely friends and they show some cool characteristics of friendship throughout, supporting each other at all costs but also getting into an argument for not supporting each other at the right time. The puzzles and the ciphers add a great piece of brain building for the reader that could help kids grow. The adventures can show readers how adventurous life can be. Book Scavenger is a really good book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves ciphers, puzzles, and adventures, but the gunshot scene at the beginning and the kids being chased by bad guys seems a little too much for younger kids. I give this book 4.5 stars because this book has a blending mix of entertaining characters, a perfect amount of suspense, puzzles and codes that will baffle readers, and everything else blended together in a perfect mystery novel. I could not put this book down. This is the best book I’ve ever read.