Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! Discover what James Patterson calls “the coolest library in the world.” Follow along and solve the clues in this interactive adventure featuring Mr. Lemoncello’s first-ever Library Olympics! From the co-author of Murdle Jr.: Sleuths on the Loose … “Lots of action and quirky humor will lead kids to do just what libraries encourage them to do: keep reading.” — The Washington Post The world-famous game maker Luigi Lemoncello is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from across America for the debut of the Library Olympics. Kyle Keeley knows that the competition is fierce. But something suspicious is going on—books are missing from the shelves! Is someone trying to censor what the kids are reading? Now it’s not just a game, and Kyle and his friends will have to band together to get to the bottom of this mystery. Let the games begin! Don’t miss the bonus puzzle and the craft in the back! The Lemoncello books are laugh-out-loud, puzzle-packed must-reads for classrooms and homes across America. Look for the whole series! Mr. Lemoncello’s Very First Game (the prequel) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library (also available as a graphic novel) Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics (also available as a graphic novel) Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket Mr. Lemoncello’s Fantabulous Finale PRAISE FOR THE SERIES: A New York Times bestselling series 44 state award lists and counting "Discover the coolest library in the world." —James Patterson "Lots of action and quirky humor." — The Washington Post ★ "A worthy successor to the original madman puzzle-master himself, Willy Wonka." — Booklist, starred review ★ "A winner for readers and game-players alike." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ "A fun-filled, suspenseful intellectual puzzle." — Shelf Awareness, starred review "Will have readers racing to pick up the next volume." — School Library Journal Chris Grabenstein is the bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncello, Smartest Kid in the Universe, Dog Squad, and Welcome to Wonderland series, as well as the coauthor of numerous page-turners with James Patterson and of Shine! , cowritten with Chris’s wife, J.J. Grabenstein. 1   Just about every kid in America wished they could be Kyle Keeley.     Especially when he zoomed across their TV screens as a flaming squirrel in a holiday commercial for Squirrel Squad Six, the hysterically crazy new Lemoncello video game.     Kyle’s friends Akimi Hughes and Sierra Russell were also in that commercial. They thumbed controllers and tried to blast Kyle out of the sky. He dodged every rubber band, coconut custard pie, mud clod, and wadded-up sock ball they flung his way.     It was awesome.     In the commercial for Mr. Lemoncello’s See Ya, Wouldn’t Want to Be Ya board game, Kyle starred as the yellow pawn. His head became the bubble tip at the top of the playing piece. Kyle’s buddy Miguel Fernandez was the green pawn. Kyle and Miguel slid around the life-size game like hockey pucks. When Miguel landed on the same square as Kyle, that meant Kyle’s pawn had to be bumped back to the starting line.     “See ya!” shouted Miguel. “Wouldn’t want to be ya!”     Kyle was yanked up off the ground by a hidden cable and hurled backward, soaring above the board.     It was also awesome.     But Kyle’s absolute favorite starring role was in the commercial for Mr. Lemoncello’s You Seriously Can’t Say That game, where the object was to get your teammates to guess the word on your card without using any of the forbidden words listed on the same card.     Akimi, Sierra, Miguel, and the perpetually perky Haley Daley sat on a circular couch and played the guessers. Kyle stood in front of them as the clue giver.   “Salsa,” said Kyle. “Nachos!” said Akimi. A buzzer sounded. Akimi’s guess was wrong. Kyle tried again. “Horseradish sauce!” “Something nobody ever eats,” said Haley. Another buzzer.     Kyle goofed up and said one of the forbidden words: “Ketchup!”     SPLAT ! Fifty gallons of syrupy, goopy tomato sauce slimed him from above. It oozed down his face and drib- bled off his ears.     Everybody laughed. So Kyle, who loved being the class clown almost as much as he loved playing (and winning) Mr. Lemoncello’s wacky games, went ahead and read the whole list of banned words as quickly as he could.     “Mustard-mayonnaise-pickle-relish.”     SQUOOSH ! He was drenched by buckets of yellow glop, white sludge, and chunky green gunk. The slop slid along his sleeves, trickled into his pants, and puddled on the floor.     His four friends busted a gut laughing at Kyle, who was soaked in more “condiments” (the word on his card) than a mile-long hot dog.     “Was it fun?” boomed an off-camera announcer.   “Fun?” answered Haley. “Hello? It