Click Here to Start (a Novel) by Markell, Denis

Click Here to Start (a Novel)

Young fans of Ernie Cline's Ready Player One will love this classic video game inspired mystery filled...
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Click Here to Start (a Novel) by Markell, Denis

Click Here to Start (a Novel)

$23.75

Click Here to Start (a Novel)

$23.75
Author: Denis Markell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Young fans of Ernie Cline's Ready Player One will love this classic video game inspired mystery filled with elements of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

What if playing video games was prepping you to solve an incredible real-world puzzle and locate a priceless treasure?

Twelve-year-old Ted Gerson has spent most of his summer playing video games. So when his great-uncle dies and bequeaths him the all so-called treasure in his overstuffed junk shop of an apartment, Ted explores it like it's another level to beat. And to his shock, he finds that eccentric Great-Uncle Ted actually has set the place up like a real-life escape-the-room game

Using his specially honed skills, Ted sets off to win the greatest game he's ever played, with help from his friends Caleb and Isabel. Together they discover that Uncle Ted's "treasure" might be exactly that--real gold and jewels found by a Japanese American unit that served in World War II. With each puzzle Ted and his friends solve, they get closer to unraveling the mystery--but someone dangerous is hot on their heels, and he's not about to let them get away with the fortune.

Praise for Click Here to Start

As addictive as your favorite video game. I couldn't put it down.-Adam Gidwitz, New York Times bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm

Humor, believable characters, and adventure...keeps readers in suspense to the end. A winner for mystery enthusiasts.-Kirkus Reviews

In this clever debut, Markell takes readers on a clue-filled adventure... and] maintains an energetic, entertaining balance of character-driven narrative and tricky challenges.-Publishers Weekly

Markell's highly entertaining debut novel...is a well-paced read with fully realized and likable characters, ... and] should have strong appeal to gamers, fans of video game-based stories, and reluctant readers.-SLJ

This book will appeal to a wide audience. Readers who enjoyed Schreiber's Game Over, Pete Watson will enjoy the video game component; fans of Fitzgerald's Under the Egg will enjoy reading more about the Monuments Men; detective story aficionados will revel in the inclusion of The Maltese Falcon story. This is a great book to hand to just about any middle grade reader.-YA Books Central

A School Library Guild selection

An Amazon Best Books of the Month Selection



Author: Denis Markell
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781101931905
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 183515 / Click Here to Start

About the Author
This is Denis Markell's first novel, and he took writing it very seriously, playing hours and hours worth of escape-the-room games for research (or so he told his family). He also cowrote an award-winning Off-Broadway musical revue and wrote a few musical comedies for the stage; various and sundry sitcoms; a play with Joan Rivers; an episode of Thundercats; two picture books illustrated by his wife, Melissa Iwai--The Great Stroller Adventure and Hush, Little Monster--and Poser, a memoir of his years as a male model.

(One of these things is not true.)

He lives in a small apartment in Brooklyn with Melissa; their son, Jamie; and a Shetland pony name Ronaldo.

(One of these things is not true.)

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