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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Series: Archer Legacy


Cover art for THE MASK OF DESTINY
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 15, 2012

"Occasional jokey dialogue won't be enough to carry readers over a story riddled with logical gaps, extraneous characters, massive coincidences and laboriously fabricated suspense. Illustrations not seen. (Adventure. 11-14)"
A frenetic dash across Europe that leads both to hidden treasure and the resolution of a 1,600-year-old mystery brings Newsome's once-promising trilogy to a muddled, heavily contrived close. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE EMERALD CASKET
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 17, 2011

"Fans of 39 Clues–style adventures will be swept along. (illustrations not seen) (Adventure. 11-14)"
They may have (apparently) lost round one in trilogy opener Billionaire's Curse (2010), but 13-year-old Gerald and his squabbling twin sidekicks Sam and Ruby aren't giving up. Read full book review >