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Staff Pick of the Month: February

Down the Mysterly River

Bill Willingham

 

After intrepid boyscout and detective Max the Wolf wakes up in an unfamiliar forest with no memories of how he got there, he naturally sets out to discover what he can using his survival skills. Along the way, he and his new friends Banderbrock the badger, Walden the bear, and McTavish the (monster) barn cat find themselves running from a secretive group of vicious hunters called the Blue Cutters while trying to unravel the mysteries of where they are and how they got there.

Why I liked it: This is a book with many layers. It's part daring chase, a little bit epic journey, and a good part mystery. But it's also a book that asks bigger questions than just the obvious ones that become apparent from the first pages. (To find out what questions those are, you'll just have to read it!) The story makes you think while also being enjoyable for the adventure that it is.

Three words that describe this book: adventurous, thought-provoking, and mysterlious. Yep, mysterlious.

You might want to pick up this book if: You wouldn't mind finding yourself on a little bit of a heroic adventure in the forest with a group of brave talking animals.

If you liked this book you might like: The Long Way Home by Andrew Klavan, Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood by Meredith Ann Pierce, The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison, or Trail of Fate by Michael P. Spradlin.

Reviewed by Courtney Sammis, Library Associate. Find more great books in our Staff Picks Archive.

 

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