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zapkode's review against another edition
5.0
{My thoughts} – Mac is back in his all new Spy Adventure. The Queen of England once again sends him off on another mission. This time he is to try and prevent the theft of the Crown Jewels. However, he fails at preventing that and then has to figure out who took them, how they took them and where they went with them.
The illustrations in the book are bright and fun. They help to add to the quality of the story as they go hand and hand with the words presented on each page. This isn’t a long book to read and all the illustrations help to make it much shorter then it originally appears.
Throughout this book there are also many facts listed when the characters are having conversations. I think that is an important aspect of any book, to have facts listed within the fictional work. I do find it annoying though when as I am reading the book says something to the effect you can look it up too. I would much rather not be told to look something up, but it is a fun little book.
I recommend this book and the series for any child that enjoys spy novels. I also think that children that enjoy going on adventures within their imaginations will also enjoy reading this book and or the series. I look forward to seeing where the next book in the series is going to take Mac.
The illustrations in the book are bright and fun. They help to add to the quality of the story as they go hand and hand with the words presented on each page. This isn’t a long book to read and all the illustrations help to make it much shorter then it originally appears.
Throughout this book there are also many facts listed when the characters are having conversations. I think that is an important aspect of any book, to have facts listed within the fictional work. I do find it annoying though when as I am reading the book says something to the effect you can look it up too. I would much rather not be told to look something up, but it is a fun little book.
I recommend this book and the series for any child that enjoys spy novels. I also think that children that enjoy going on adventures within their imaginations will also enjoy reading this book and or the series. I look forward to seeing where the next book in the series is going to take Mac.
holly_keimig's review against another edition
3.0
Another cute story involving a kid spy, the Queen of England, and corgis!
laila4343's review against another edition
4.0
Another winner in this series! Loved the "locked-room mystery" stuff.
eebeck's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
notesonbookmarks's review against another edition
2.0
Still a super fun read, but even my 5 year old is getting a little tired of the repetitive jokes that he cracks over and over. Still a solid read aloud choice!
schasesears's review against another edition
3.0
Way better than the first one but still cringy with cheesy drawings. Great story though!!
thedizzyreader's review against another edition
5.0
"That is how it happens. One minute you are waiting for your mom to pick you up from a mini golf course in California. The next minute you are flying to England on a secret mission to protect the crown jewels. I know. It does not make much sense. But when I think back on the many years I spent being a kid, things like this happened a lot: Grown-ups were always making me do things that did not make much sense."
Mac Barnett's semi-auto graphical spy thriller continues in this delightful second installment! The crown jewels are under threat again. But this time, the threat is closer to home...
Once again I loved the silliness and sly dual address and spunky illustrations! And, having recently visited the Tower of London, I enjoyed this story even more.
Mac Barnett's semi-auto graphical spy thriller continues in this delightful second installment! The crown jewels are under threat again. But this time, the threat is closer to home...
Once again I loved the silliness and sly dual address and spunky illustrations! And, having recently visited the Tower of London, I enjoyed this story even more.
scostner's review against another edition
3.0
Leave it to Mac Barnett to create this zany series about his childhood adventures as a spy. (You read that right. Whether you believe it is up to you.) In this second book he describes the case of stolen Crown Jewels. Imagine being a kid and having the Queen of England send for you to help her out. Of course, it is a bummer that the summons came just as Mac was about to win at a nearly impossible video game. Instead, "The screen flashed the saddest two words in the English language: Game Over."
But there is plenty of humor to offset such sad scenes. Readers will learn that in British English pants = underwear, so don't ever say that you will beat the pants off someone. Besides tracking down the missing jewels and dodging assassination attempts, Mac also gives the Queen some advice about gifts. "The best gifts are those you can read -" he explains.
Combine a young Mac with a Queen who thinks the nest gifts are wearable, a Corgi named Freddie (along with quite a few other Corgis), a beefeater named Holcroft, and the odd cobra or so ... and you get a rollicking adventure with illustrations designed to make you laugh your pants, uhm, trousers off.
As Mac says, "This message will now self-destruct, unless the publisher decided we didn't have the budget for that."
Hand this to fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and other heavily illustrated stories of childhood exploits.
I read an advance copy provided by the publisher for review purposes. Any quotes may change in wording in the finished edition of the text.
But there is plenty of humor to offset such sad scenes. Readers will learn that in British English pants = underwear, so don't ever say that you will beat the pants off someone. Besides tracking down the missing jewels and dodging assassination attempts, Mac also gives the Queen some advice about gifts. "The best gifts are those you can read -" he explains.
Combine a young Mac with a Queen who thinks the nest gifts are wearable, a Corgi named Freddie (along with quite a few other Corgis), a beefeater named Holcroft, and the odd cobra or so ... and you get a rollicking adventure with illustrations designed to make you laugh your pants, uhm, trousers off.
As Mac says, "This message will now self-destruct, unless the publisher decided we didn't have the budget for that."
Hand this to fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and other heavily illustrated stories of childhood exploits.
I read an advance copy provided by the publisher for review purposes. Any quotes may change in wording in the finished edition of the text.
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