Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. (2015). Book Scavenger: The Book Scavenger series Series, Book 1. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR).

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. 2015. Book Scavenger: The Book Scavenger Series Series, Book 1. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR).

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, Book Scavenger: The Book Scavenger Series Series, Book 1. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2015.

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   • bioText: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds an MFA in creative writing and has worked for literary agencies, magazines, educational publishers, and as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader. Book Scavenger is her debut novel.
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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.
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   • source: Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
   • content: "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, and a story that values books and reading above other pursuits. Sure to be popular with voracious readers, it's also a valentine to anybody who knows that a 13-digit clue that begins with 978- is not a phone number."
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   • source: Shelf Awareness, starred review
   • content: "In her first novel, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman introduces a smart, resourceful 12-year-old who makes her first true friend through a mutual passion for solving puzzles. . . Fans of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library will appreciate the abundant literary allusions, and readers will hope for more adventures, hinted at in the book's final lines."
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   • content: "Emily's sleuthing weaves well with her journey to nurture friendships and set down everlasting roots. A debut that challenges the brain while warming the heart."
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   • source: School Library Journal
   • content: "Sprinkled with ciphers, San Francisco landmarks, and literary allusions, Book Scavenger is a fun, light, implausible adventure. . . This will appeal to fans of Blue Balliett's art-world mysteries."
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     Starred review from April 13, 2015
     When your parents’ blog is called 50 Homes in 50 States, you had better be able to make new friends easily, but Emily Crane, 12, is shy. Still, there are two positives about her latest address: James, the fellow puzzle-lover downstairs, and the location—San Francisco, home to Garrison Griswold, the “Willy Wonka of book publishing.” Griswold is the mastermind behind Book Scavenger, a book-trading game with half a million followers, Emily included. After Griswold is gravely wounded by thieves who are after his special edition of Poe’s The Gold-Bug, the book winds up in Emily’s possession; she and James must solve the mystery surrounding the book before the bad guys do. 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, and a story that values books and reading above other pursuits. Sure to be popular with voracious readers, it’s also a valentine to anybody who knows that a 13-digit clue that begins with 978- is not a phone number. Art not seen by PW. Ages 9–14. Author’s agent: Ammi-Joan Paquette, Erin Murphy Literary Agency.

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     April 15, 2015
     San Francisco landmarks and their rich literary histories lead two friends on an urban quest to solve clues left behind in an Edgar Allan Poe book by publisher and Book Scavenger mastermind Garrison Griswold. When Emily Crane, a book enthusiast and puzzle-solver, moves into her new apartment, she meets James Lee, a cipher-solving whiz with a cowlick he's named Steve. For years Emily has moved from state to state with her parents and older brother, and she longs for stability. She doesn't allow herself to get attached, unlike James, whose Chinese-American family has lived in the same apartment building for decades. When Griswold is attacked, Emily fears for his life and the future of Book Scavenger, her beloved online geocachinglike game for books. After a disappointing book hunt at the Ferry Building, Emily finds an unexpected hardcover, The Gold-Bug, near where Griswold was attacked. Believing the book is Griswold's pre-launched game, she becomes obsessed with solving its hidden messages while dodging two thugs and risking her friendship with James. Puzzling out the clever ciphers fascinates and adds dimension and curiosity to each quest. The characters' use of both high and low tech, such as the letter-basket pulley they set up between floors, feels refreshing. Emily's sleuthing weaves well with her journey to nurture friendships and set down everlasting roots. A debut that challenges the brain while warming the heart. (author's note) (Fiction. 8-12)

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     Gr 4-6-Twelve-year-old Emily doesn't have enough time to get attached to places. She and her family move yearly, pursuing a Kerouac-inspired, footloose family adventure. Through their travels, Emily anchors herself through an online community called Book Scavenger, a geocaching-style game where participants hide books in public places and reveal the locations through encoded clues. Book Scavenger is the brainchild of Garrison Griswold, the "Willy Wonka of publishing," a San Francisco-based publisher with a penchant for elaborate spectacles and games. When Emily's family moves to San Francisco, she's excited to encounter the elusive Griswold and to participate in his newest game. Unfortunately, he is attacked on his way to a press conference, and even Emily's beloved Book Scavenger may be in jeopardy. The key to it all just might be in a mysterious book that Emily and her new neighbor James found at the BART station, but time is running short, and sinister (if bumbling) forces pursue them. Sprinkled with ciphers, San Francisco landmarks, and literary allusions, Book Scavenger is a fun, light, implausible adventure. The action drags occasionally, and the characterizations are sparse and sometimes overly cute, but the book's goofy, feckless charm is undeniable. VERDICT This will appeal to fans of Blue Balliett's art-world mysteries.-Katya Schapiro, Brooklyn Public Library

     Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     May 15, 2015
     Grades 4-6 To Emily, who has moved 8 times in her 12 years, San Francisco seems the ideal place to live. She quickly finds a good friend in her neighbor James, and the city is the headquarters of her beloved Book Scavenger game, which combines reading, puzzle solving, and treasure hunting. After Garrison Griswold, the game's creator, is mugged, Emily finds a unique book near the crime scene. Soon she and James are playing Griswold's new game, trying to elude the thugs who attacked him and investigating who is behind the crime. The occasional black-and-white illustration, cipher picture, or map adds to the fun for readers, who will want to play alongand they can, too, at www.bookscavenger.com. Well paced and involving, the story will intrigue kids with an interest in mysteries and codes as well as books. The writing includes references to local landmarks as well as literary allusions to Jack Kerouac, Robert Louis Stevenson, and, especially, Edgar Allan Poe. A lively first novel, this could be the start of a new mystery series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)

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     September 1, 2015
     Twelve-year-old Emily is an avid player of Book Scavenger, the hidden-book game masterminded by publishing legend Garrison Griswold. When her family moves to San Francisco, home of Griswold's Bayside Press, she hopes it will position her favorably for the new game he's about to launch. But then Griswold is mugged and left in a coma, and the book he was carryinga new edition of the Edgar Allan Poe short story The Gold-Bug is missing. At the site of the mugging, Emily and her new friend and fellow code-enthusiast James find the book and take it home, where, upon reading it, they discover typos in the text that spell out words: fort, wild, rat, home, open, belief. Emily and James start following the cluesbut nefarious others want the book, and they've already shown they're willing to hurt people to get it. Codes and ciphers star in this puzzle-game of a novel, offering challenges for code-breaking fanatics plus plentiful explanations forSept/Oct 2015 p 93 The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow High School McElderry 368 pp. 9/15 978-1-4814-4271-8 $17.99 g e-book ed. 978-1-4814-4273-2 $7.99 Four hundred years before the novel begins, an artificial intelligence named Talis ended a series of global wars, wresting control of global politics to create a dubious system of peace. Now Greta, crown princess of the Pan Polar Confederacy, along with other children of royalty, are Children of Peace, young heirs held as hostages: if a leader goes to war, his or her child is killed; if that child survives to the age of eighteen, he or she is released, and a replacement hostage begins the cycle again. When a new hostage, Elian, is brought to the monastic prison-school in which the Children are lodged, his insurrectionary nature shakes up the formerly stable societal structure. Bow (Plain Kate, rev. 9/10; Sorrow's Knot, rev. 3/14) has put a welcome spin on the damsel-in-distress-falls-for-rebellious-boy trope, with Greta's love interest being Da-Xia, Daughter of Heaven, rather than Elian. The entire cast of the novel is matter-of-fact in its racial and ethnic diversity; Greta develops into a protagonist who has a refreshing social awareness; and the dystopic elements are both familiar enough to satisfy genre devotees and fresh enough that readers will stay hooked. This is a smart, compelling read that explores the complicated nature of love, family, peace, war, and technology; fans of Johnson's Summer Prince (rev. 3/13) and Collins's Hunger Games (rev. 9/08) who are searching for an empowering and intelligent read-alike need look no further. kazia berkley-cramer

     (Copyright 2015 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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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.
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