Review: The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries) by Ron Roy

by Captain Lyaf Yarr

Title: The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries)
Author: Ron Roy
Format: Paperback
# of pages: 96 pages
Grade Reading Level: Ages 4 and up

Summary: Dink and his two friends Josh and Ruth Rose go to get Wallis Wallace's (a mystery writer) autograph. In the process they find out that he/she's missing and that someone kidnapped him/her. In the search to find the author will they discover the person behind the pseudonym? Will they even find the author? And why did the kidnapper kidnap the writer in the first place?

Why I Started the Book:

I read this book a long while ago when my sister offered to take me to a theme park if I read 2,000 pages during the summer. To say I was motivated is an understatement. In any case, to prove that I had really read the books that I claimed to read, she had me write up a mini book review on each book as I finished them. Here is one of those reviews. There are spoilers so beware.

Likes:

• I liked when they went to the Sangrela hotel and found out that Wallis Wallace was a woman Not a man. (It was funny!)
• I think that it was pretty amazing that an author would fake a kidnapping just to see if her readers would try to find her like in her books. How crazy is that? What would she have done if nobody came looking for her?

Dislikes:

• I was nervous when Dink and his friends went to see the author because I knew that something bad was going to happen and I didn't know if it I was going like what happened. (Obviously when I was younger I was a worrywart and not at all sure of a good outcome, which shows how good the author was to build up the suspense I think.)

Buy: The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries)

Book Rating: I give this book 3 treasure chests!

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