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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2012
Where did Lemony Snicket spring from? This detective novel/faux memoir provides a partial, gnomic, and Snickety answer. Young Lemony is a detective apprentice, in the Sam Spade mode. "I used to be that young man, almost thirteen, walking alone down an empty street in a half-faded town." Under the aegis of his hapless "chaperone," S. Theodora Markson, Lemony successfully investigates the thef...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012 | Intermediate Fiction
Young Lemony is a detective apprentice in the Sam Spade mode, successfully investigating the theft of a black woode...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on December 1, 2012
In this elaborate mystery, twelve-year-old Lemony Snicket finds his search for a stolen statue complicated by secret identities and double- and triple-crosses that will keep readers guessing until the end. Kids will be intrigued by the book’s unique setting—a near-ghost town on the edge of sea drained of its water—which is just as odd as the case Snicket set...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
