February 1, 2012
Gr 4-6-In the final installment of Pseudonymous Bosch's "The Secret" series, Cass and her friends, Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji, find the ancient Ibis ring and a mysterious mummy hold the answer to her family secret. When the mummy is stolen from the local natural history museum, the trio follows the clues to the Cairo Hotel in Las Vegas. They run into their old nemesis, Lord Pharaoh, the head of the Midnight Sun, an organization bent on using the mummy's secret to take over the world. He has the mummy and now all he needs is Cass's Ibis ring. The trio's only hope is to use the training and knowledge they've acquired from the Terces Society, an organization bent on stopping the Midnight Sun. Can they stop Lord Pharaoh and discover the mummy's secret? The full-cast narration is spot-on adn brings to life all the characters. The crisp, clear narrative styles complement each other well. The characters' accents are unique and masterfully capture their backgrounds. The intermixing of action, humor, and adventure is well-crafted and smoothly transitioned by the narrators. Listeners who are familiar with the previous titles will enjoy this conclusion to the series.-"Kira Moody, Whitmore Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT"
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January 1, 2012
A stolen mummy with a missing finger leads Cass, Max-Ernest, and Yo-Yoji on a quest to recover the Egyptian relic and to unwrap its connection to the immortality-seeking cult that sparked the trio's earlier escapades. Secrets left unrevealed in this final volume may frustrate readers, but the series' trademark mix of mystery, puzzles, and puns should please them nonetheless.
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