In Madhattan Mystery, John J. Bonk delivers a zany, action-packed adventure with a lot of heart. Lexi’s voice is pitch-perfect, and her story drew me in right away! I loved timid, motherly Lexi, quirky Kevin, and verbose teen journalist Kim Ling Levine. Madhattan Mystery had me turning pages right up until the last word! This book is highly recommended to anyone who enjoys a good mystery, great characterizations, and a story with more twists and turns than a Manhattan taxi ride!
(This is a review of an uncorrected proof.)
This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Content Analysis:
Profanity/Language: 24 religious exclamations. There was also 1 religious exclamation in Spanish and a few instances of mild British profanity (“bloody”).
Violence/Gore: A pair of teenage girls gets into a brief scuffle. A teenage girl tells another teenage girl that she will “rearrange her face.”
Sex/Nudity: An adult women flirts with grown men on one occasion.
Mature Subject Matter:
Death of a parent, remarriage of a parent, anxiety, robbery, disobeying and lying to guardians.
Alcohol / Drug Use:
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