A review by swtmarie
In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen Klages

3.0

I was recommended this book by a volunteer at the library that I work at. He wanted to know if I was surprised that the building was left standing rather than demolished and I believe there was a good reason they left it intact. It was one of the original Carnegie libraries so I would definitely keep it, maintain it and repurpose it for something else. But that's just common sense and this book wasn't like that at all. It added a touch of magic throughout the story and the library itself was magical, which left many things unexplained but it's okay because they weren't that important.
I thought that patron sure paid a hefty price for an extremely overdue book and it was a bit disconcerting that they would give up their child to repay their late fine. The story was kind of meh, especially towards the end, but it was an interesting idea of a secret league of librarians with special capabilities, such as the shrinking Children's Librarian .