The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner

This can’t be the last we ever hear of the Legendary Alston Boys of the purely surreal Logan County-imaginative, thrill-seeking readers, this is a series to look out for.Ī San Diego preteen learns that she’s an elf, with a place in magic school if she moves to the elves’ hidden realm. Will they be able to solve this one? With total mastery, Giles creates in Logan County an exuberant vortex of weirdness, where the commonplace sits cheek by jowl with the utterly fantastic, and populates it with memorable characters who more than live up to their setting. Save the day they must, as a mysterious, bendy gentleman and an oversized, clingy platypus have been unleashed on the city of Fry, and all the residents and their belongings seem to be frozen in time and place.

They’ve got their shared, lifesaving maneuvers committed to memory (printed in a helpful appendix) and ready to save any day. No way summer can end like this! These young people are powerful, courageous, experienced adventurers molded through their heroic commitment to discipline and deduction. They’ve already got two keys to the city, but the rival Epic Ellisons-twin sisters Wiki and Leen-are steadily gaining celebrity across Logan County, Virginia, and have in hand their third key to the city.

These two black boys are coming to terms with the end of their brave, heroic summer at Grandma’s, with a return to school just right around the corner. Can this really be the first time readers meet the Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County? Cousins and veteran sleuths Otto and Sheed Alston show us that we are the ones who are late to their greatness.

The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner