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A review by emdoux
Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells
3.0
Very much looking forward to discussing this with 3rd-5th graders in July for our book group.
It was delightful to have such a diverse main character whose family is so connected to their African ancestry (I'd love more on that - but it'll be a great discussion point, as many of the participants in our group have immigrant parents who may be very similar to Edmund's parents).
I enjoyed the photographic memory aspect as well - haven't read a mystery with a character of that ability since Cam Jansen (which, I hate to compare this book to, because it's so much stronger).
I was extremely mistaken about certain aspects of my previous review of this book, and was contacted by the author to set the record straight, something I appreciate more than I was probably able to communicate to her in my message back. I'd like to, here, thank Marcia Wells for so eloquently and politely correcting me, and apologize to those of you who may have read my previous review and been influenced by my false impression of two occurrences in the book. I feel like a very bad librarian for my comments, but am glad to be contacted by Marcia Wells.
It was delightful to have such a diverse main character whose family is so connected to their African ancestry (I'd love more on that - but it'll be a great discussion point, as many of the participants in our group have immigrant parents who may be very similar to Edmund's parents).
I enjoyed the photographic memory aspect as well - haven't read a mystery with a character of that ability since Cam Jansen (which, I hate to compare this book to, because it's so much stronger).
I was extremely mistaken about certain aspects of my previous review of this book, and was contacted by the author to set the record straight, something I appreciate more than I was probably able to communicate to her in my message back. I'd like to, here, thank Marcia Wells for so eloquently and politely correcting me, and apologize to those of you who may have read my previous review and been influenced by my false impression of two occurrences in the book. I feel like a very bad librarian for my comments, but am glad to be contacted by Marcia Wells.