  | Copycat conundrum (Misfits) Author: Yee, Lisa | |
| Price: $20.48 | ||
Summary:
When one of their classmates starts receiving threatening notes, the Misfits investigate and uncover ties to an art forgery scheme.
| Illustrator: | Santat, Dan |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 6.00 Points: 8.0 Quiz: 553998 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (11/15/24)
Booklist (12/01/24)
The Hornbook (00/03/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 12/01/2024 Readers who enjoy art-heist mysteries will find an unusual one in Yee’s latest middle-grade novel. Yee, whose Maizy Chen’s Last Chance (2022) was a Newbery Honor Book, began The Misfits series earlier this year with the publication of A Royal Conundrum (2024), a mystery-action thriller in which an unlikely group of five somewhat awkward but tech-savvy classmates learn that their arts-themed boarding school, located on an island in San Francisco Bay, actually trains teams of its students to become highly skilled crime-fighting units. Now, responding to a plea from another student, Olive Zang rounds up her group, the Misfits, for an investigation that takes them into San Francisco, where strong but highly localized earthquakes are creating chaotic diversions from thefts taking place nearby. Santat’s occasionally abstract illustrations appear at intervals and create a rather dark, menacing atmosphere, which is offset by the more hopeful tone of Olive’s first-person narrative. The pace quickens and tension mounts as the story unfolds, with memorable action scenes as well as some surprising revelations and plot twists along the way. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
