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At twelve, Emily is eager to live in San Francisco, the hometown of her literary idol, Garrison Griswold. Griswold is a book publisher who has created the online sensation Book Scavenger—an adventure game where hidden books scattered throughout cities are found by solving puzzles. After Emily’s arrival, she learns that Griswold has been attacked and is in a coma, and the details of a new game he was preparing to launch remain unknown. Together with her new friend James, Emily finds a strange book that seems authored by Griswold himself and may contain the only copy of his elusive new game. The mystery pulls the children into a treasure hunt that blends real‑world scavenging with the world of books.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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