The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Morgen, A. M.

The Inventors and the Lost Island

376 pp. | Little | April, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-47153-4 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-47152-7

(4) 4-6 Pursued by the Society of Nobodies, George (the third Lord of Devonshire) and his friend Ada Byron escape in Ada's mechanical whale. Can they find the treasure George's grandfather hid in a cryptic map before the Society attacks the scientific convention known as C.R.U.M.P.E.T.S.? The byzantine plot is a bit abstruse, but the strong character relationships and far-flung settings will entertain readers hungry for action-adventure in this follow-up to The Inventors at No. 8.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam