One day Tick receives a mysterious letter in the mail. As a matter of fact, he gets picked on and bullied at school. The main character of this book, Atticus Higgenbottom, understandably goes by “tick.” He’s so smart, that his family calls him “Professor,” but not so smart or flawless that he becomes unlikable. I’ve never seen it really work, but Dasnher did enough to avoid having it stand out (negatively) in this book. I always get a little apprehensive when a book tries to balance the notions of Science and Magic in the same universe.

It probably reads and feels more middle-grade than any middle-grade novel I’ve ever read (take that to mean what you’d like.) There’s nothing really dark or extreme, so it should really be safe for all ages. (Read the book and you’ll know what a Chi’karda drive is) This is a really cute story. I’d give this novel 3.75 Chi’karda drives out of 5. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

What about Mark Wright’s performance did you like? My favorite character was Sofia, the Italian girl Tick meets. I have a lot of other books to get to, though. Would you listen to The 13th Reality, Vol. Will you join Tick and his friends on an amazing journey through the Realities? What will your choice be? warns Tick, very frightening things are coming your way. sends to him? Will he be able to solve the riddles in time? Will Tick discover the life he was meant to live? The first volume of an outstanding new children's fantasy series, The Journal of Curious Letters is filled with adventure, humor, riddles, and, oh, yes - danger.Īs M.G. Will Tick have the courage to follow the twelve clues M.G.

promises to send Tick twelve riddles that will reveal on a certain day, at a certain time, at a certain place, something extraordinary will happen. Postmarked from Alaska and cryptically signed with the initials 'M.G.,' the letter informs Tick that dangerous - perhaps even deadly - events have been set in motion that could result in the destruction of reality itself. Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old boy until the day a strange letter arrives in his mailbox. What if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created - the life that would've been had you made the other choice? What if those new realities were in danger? What if it fell to you to save all the realities? Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a.

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