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Mezrich, Ben
2 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Mezrich's wife coauthors this Bringing Down the Mouse sequel, in which likable numbers whiz Charlie and his fellow sixth-grade pals land a coveted spot at a paper-airplane competition in Washington, DC. The team believes it is working undercover to help NASA recover stolen moon rocks, but something more devious is afoot. Historical and scientific explanations sometimes awkwardly pause the otherwise swiftly moving plot.
Reviewer: Renée Wheeler
(4)
4-6
Middle schooler and math genius Charlie is invited into a group who plans to take down an amusement park by using their brains to outsmart the midway games. The author of the adult book Bringing Down the House has some clever ideas, but overdone writing ("Her eyes were like ice chips, glowing an unnatural shade of blue") mars an otherwise amusing story.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
2 reviews
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