The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

Libraries have always been my friend.  The books are treasures to me and I was always afraid of running out of things to read.  But the one at home was nowhere near as exciting as this one!

Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you).  It will be published April 30th.

Lenora's parents on vacation and have left her with a nanny.  All the nanny wants to do is shop.  Soon, Lenora is bored, bored and bored.  Then the nanny takes her to the library.  She sneaks away from her and goes looking for the children's section.  What she finds instead is huge hidden library filled with librarians and customers and tons of books.  She loves it!

When she's stopped and asked what she's doing there, she explains she'd like to work there.  That wouldn't be boring!  The head librarian give her a brief interview and says she'll hire her.  She can start as the Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian.  Her job is to work the reference desk and answer customer's questions.  She can also tidy up the room in between customers.

The questions are fascinating.  She has to look or visit to get the answers.  And she has some man with a black bowler hat who's trying to disrupt the library and steal some of the books.

I really enjoyed this one.  It's written for middle graders, has plenty of action and it didn't take long for me to start admiring Lenora.  She does what she needs to do and protects the books and patrons.  She has conversations with whales, penguins and ants.  I don't think she's going to bored any longer...