Tell, or the Adventures in Themiddle
by L.N. Mayer
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Pub Date Jan 10 2020 | Archive Date Feb 08 2020
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Description
Having been expelled from Theffects School for Troubled Boys, William Teller ('Tell'), the son of a skiving small-town mayor returns home to find an empty house and a farewell letter from his father. Knowing his father to play an arcane prank every now and then, he thinks nothing of it—until the neighbors and representatives from a local orphanage show up.
When Tell flees to a nearby wheat field and is greeted by a babbling, self-proclaimed ‘tree-expert’ who claims that Tell’s wandering imagination has been rearranging his silverware, it marks the beginning of a series of unbelievable encounters. Only when he comes face to face with a shape-shifting elephant that obeys all—well, some—of the ideas in his head does Tell slowly start to accept that the strange Mr. Theys may be on to something. Unfortunately for Tell and his imagination, others are on to it, too...
Confronted with powerful forces taking over a world that isn’t his, where belief is outlawed and people carry pocket mirrors for protection, it will take a butler with a hidden agenda, a surly wolf and a man with two bodies looking for a run-away king to help Tell uncover his father’s unimaginable secret…
Featured Reviews
Brims with life. A cool, character-oriented story, fit for the classroom shelf. I’m glad I had the chance to read this well-written book and would gladly share it with others.
Actually 3.5 stars. This author has an interesting tall tale to tell and Mayer sticks true to the confabulation method of tall tale telling, leaving the astute reader to wonder what the peculiar sounding and run-on names really suggest, like Themiddleof and so on. William Teller clearly is a play on William Tell, and that should be a tip off to those looking for clues. This unusual world that reminds me a little bit of The Phantom Tollbooth in its audacious creativity. My main issue was ease in following the story for both middle grade readers and willing adults. #TellortheAdventuresinThemiddle #NetGalley
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