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Book Scavenger
- Narrator
- Jessica Almasy
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 4 December 2015
- Run Time
- 8 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles). Upon her arrival, however, Emily learns that Griswold has been attacked and is now in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic new game he had been poised to launch. Then Emily and her new friend James discover an odd book, which they come to believe is from Griswold himself, and might contain the only copy of his mysterious new game.
Racing against time, Emily and James rush from clue to clue, desperate to figure out the secret at the heart of Griswold's new game—before those who attacked Griswold come after them too.
“Full of heart and replete with challenging ciphers for readers to decode, Bertman’s debut is literary cousin to classic puzzlers like The Westing Game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
An Amazon Best Book of the Year • An Indie Next List Pick • A PW Best Book for Summer • A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
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Details
- Author
- Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
- Narrator
- Jessica Almasy
- Duration
- 8 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 December 2015
- ISBN
- 9781501910890
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Literature, books and writers
Synopsis
A New York Times bestseller!For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles). Upon her arrival, however, Emily learns that Griswold has been attacked and is now in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic new game he had been poised to launch. Then Emily and her new friend James discover an odd book, which they come to believe is from Griswold himself, and might contain the only copy of his mysterious new game.Racing against time, Emily and James rush from clue to clue, desperate to figure out the secret at the heart of Griswold's new game—before those who attacked Griswold come after them too.“Full of heart and replete with challenging ciphers for readers to decode, Bertman’s debut is literary cousin to classic puzzlers like The Westing Game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewAn Amazon Best Book of the Year • An Indie Next List Pick • A PW Best Book for Summer • A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
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