by Lindsay Currie
First sentence: “‘Angle it the other way!’ West screeches, holding his mirror up in the air.”
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Content: There are some mildly intense moments. It’s in the Middle Grade (graes 3-5) section of the bookstore.

Sarah and her two best friends West and Hannah love doing escape rooms, and they’re good at them. So, when Sarah’s house gets foreclosed and she learns about the Triplet Treasure in an abandoned funhouse outside of town, Sarah decides – and of course, West and Hannah come along – that she’s going to break into the funhouse and find the treasure.

This book is fantastic! It’s tight – it takes place mostly over one day, as we follow the kids through the funhouse as they solve the riddles and face their fears to get to the end. It’s everything I like about a middle grade books – no romance, not super high stakes, and a tight story that pulls the reader through the book. I liked that the parents were good; the house was being foreclosed because Sarah’s dad has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and couldn’t work anymore, and her mother couldn’t quite make enough money to make the mortgage payments. It’s smart, it’s fun, and I think there’s a lot of kids out there who will enjoy it. Give it to those who liked Mr. Lemoncello’s Libraray, and they’ll enjoy figuring out these as well.