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Series Week V: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The Rithmatist: The Unicorn Is A Very Noble And Majestic Animal. Info: Julia Nobel published 2019 by Sourcebooks Genre: Middle Grade, Realistic, Mystery Warnings: None. It wasn’t sophisticated enough for me, unfortunately, but I think this would be pretty popular with readers who enjoy simplicity and girl power. The book is good for its age group: Nobel does a great job of making Emmy a protagonist that middle grade readers will enjoy (though her dramatic pronouncements and quick leaps of logic makes it a frustrating read for an adult), and the mystery is straightforward with a surprising twist at the end. I’ll admit, the ending twist was surprising, but nothing about the group makes sense. The idea of a big, bad secret society that manipulates everything in the world so that members can get whatever they want (all stemming from a small Latin club) with a secret underground lair is extremely farfetched and Nobel’s decision to play it straight as opposed to slightly tongue-in-cheek makes the whole thing seem rather ridiculous. The book isn’t bad, necessarily, but I found the clumsy, anvilicious worldbuilding and the lack of finesse in the writing style frustrating and made it hard to engage in the book in the beginning. Emmy and her friends gradually uncover a sinister conspiracy as they navigate soccer, classes, and mean roommates. There’s also the added mystery of Emmy’s father, who has a connection to the same boarding school and has been presumed dead since she was three. 
The school has a mysterious secret society under the guise of a Latin Club, which is mysterious and vaguely menacing and Hates Girls which is how you know it’s Bad. Rating: 2/5 The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane features a mystery surrounding a boarding school that Emmy, the main character, is shipped off to after her mom gets a new job.
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