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Columbus, Chris , Vizzini, Ned

House of Secrets: Battle of the Beasts

467 pp. | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-219249-3 $17.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Greg Call. Book two of this family adventure finds the Walker siblings fighting ancient Roman gladiators and WWII-era Nazi cyborgs in an effort to get home by way of their evil nemesis's magical book. The narrative careens between action set pieces and expository dialogue, and its MacGuffin-laden twists eventually lose impact. However, visually imaginative world-building makes for many memorable, cinema-ready scenes.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross

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