 | Lark Holds The Key (Orca Echoes) Author: Deen, Natasha | |
| Price: $6.52 | ||
Summary:
It’s the third day of summer vacation, and Lark’s halmoni—that’s Korean for grandmother—has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. Only trouble is, they arrive to discover that the town librarian is missing her key to the library. Lucky for her, Lark just happens to be a budding private eye. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve this mystery and recover the lost key?
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 10/15/2016 Summer vacation has only just begun for twins Lark and Conner Ba, but they’ve already been in trouble twice. Grandmother suggests they visit the Temple of Secrets, aka the library. They wake their parents at 5 a.m. on library day, but grandmother rescues them from potential parental wrath. What they can’t predict is the adventure that will unfold when they finally reach their destination and see the librarian sitting outside crying. She stopped in the park to read, helped a girl try to fly her kite, and, somewhere along the way, lost the key to the library! Spunky Lark leads the effort to solve the mystery of the missing key. In this short chapter-book mystery for emerging readers, Deen introduces a multicultural cast of characters and helps her main character, Lark, deal creatively with her dyslexia. The back pages include “Lark’s words,” explanations of words and phrases she’s misspelled or misunderstood. Cutler’s black-and-white illustrations add humor to the story. The ending leaves the door open for future adventures for the twins. - Copyright 2016 Booklist.
