![]() Milo and Meddy collect information along with the reader, piecing together the mysteries of the Greenglass House as they put together the clues. Milo is a genuinely likable 12-year-old - he pretends to be his Dungeons and Dragons-ish alter ego when he needs to feel brave, and he’s totally confident in his parents’ love for him even as he wonders about the parents who gave him up. It feels like a really charming mash-up of classic detective tropes (smugglers, ships, and blackouts!) and more nuanced ideas about family, friendship, and identity. It’s surprisingly hard ( The Westing Game excepted) to find really good middle grades mysteries - you know, the kind with actual clues that you can piece together to figure out what’s going - and The Greenglass House really delivers on the count. Now things are going missing, and Milo teams up with the cook’s daughter Meddy to figure out what’s really going on - and what secrets his adopted family’s old hotel is hiding. But this year is different: Guest after guest turns up at the inn’s front desk, each with an improbable, complicated story, and Milo and his innkeeper parents find themselves rushing around trying to take care of their unexpected guests. ![]() ![]() ![]() Winter is supposed to be the quiet season at the Greenglass House - even the smugglers who tend to frequent the old inn don’t work over the holiday. I’m always updating our winter readalouds list, and The Greenglass House is a terrific addition. ![]()
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