A review by choosejoytoday
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett

4.0

This was fun! Sort of Hardy Boys meets Nate the Great meets Leave it to Beaver. Steve (never Steven!) consults his Brixton Brothers (like the Hardy Boys) Detective Handbook for advice on everything. This comes in handy with the Librarians accuse him of trying to steal one of America's great knowledge secrets- a quilt-- from the library. (Because Librarians are more skilled than FBI or CIA agents, didn't you know). Meanwhile, the evil schemer trying to get the quilt, Mr. E (like mystery, get it?) is trying to catch Steve to see what he knows, and the good intentioned but generally bumbling local law enforcement are trying to find him too. Recommended to me a patron who listened to the audiobook with her boys (7 and 5) on a car trip and said the boys were "howling" with laughter the entire story. Sadly, there's just one sequel so far, but it appears book #3 is due out in early October!