YOUNGER FICTION
Gale, Emily

My Explosive Diary

(4) 1-3 Eliza Boom series. Illustrated by Joëlle Dreidemy. When Eliza Boom, misunderstood inventor- and spy-in-training, accidentally gives away her spy-gadget-inventor dad's top-secret film strip, Eliza, her dog Einstein, and her friend/"assistant" Amy brainstorm ways to get it back. The childlike black-and-white drawings and sidebar commentary lend believability to the diary format, but the plot of this silly first series entry is a little unfocused.

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