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nathansnook's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5
Charming at best with very little of the city. We get San Francisco as caricature with its winding streets and pastel backgrounds in picture, but the joy of the story comes from its velocity. We jump from person to person, from clue to clue to get to the bottom of the missing butt end of a joke, one which never comes.
We prolong and fixate on the meddling middle of life not to get to ends, but to have joys and thrills count, to make most of a life, too short, when we remember there are only 24 hours in a day.
We prolong and fixate on the meddling middle of life not to get to ends, but to have joys and thrills count, to make most of a life, too short, when we remember there are only 24 hours in a day.
barbarianlibarian's review
3.0
was looking for short chapter books to read to a preschooler that would be interesting for her, but not totally dumbed down for a beginning reader - this turned out to be a good option. I think we both enjoyed it (I fondly recall liking Nate the Great a million years back too). decent mystery follow through for such a short book. will be reading more to her!
bheadley's review
4.0
trying to start reading chapter books to Nate. He had NO, NONE, ZERO interest. He doesn't want to sit still that long. Going to try Little Bear, Henry and Mudge, and others. Mostly I think I will stick to the large picture books. If he had his way, he would be reading all Star Wars, and super heroes, all the time! NO THANK YOU VERY MUCH=) !!!
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