GJSHS book reviews

This book is about a boy named Arthur who has severe asthma, and he gets caught up in a novel of puzzle’s, madness, and creatures. It all starts, in gym class where he has a severe asthma attack, and blacks out. Then two strange men show up, and give him what look’s like the minute hand of a clock, but here is the catch it holds a power known only to it’s holder and other select people, and it wasn’t supposed to be given to him. So that was a mistake. The man who gives him the minute hand is man named Monday. He is in charge of the lower part of the house, which is supposedly the center of the whole universe. A woman named the architect creates this house and all of the “secondary realms”. Which Arthur happens to live in.

Then Arthur meets up with a few strange people that help him in his journey. The first person he meets is a girl named Suzy Turquoise Blue, who is an ink filler, helps him solve many of his problems. The next person that helps him is The Will. He is sort of a mystical frog who knows everything, and any thing about the lower house. Then one of Monday’s assistant’s who wants the original law to be carried out, so he helps Arthur take the hour hand clock which is the second key to the lower house away from Monday.

All of this just to find a cure for plague that is brought by one of the creatures from The House.
This book is sort of a mix of Harry Potter, and Willy Wonka. There isn’t a lot of suspense, but there is some action, and even a little bit of humor I would rate it 4 stars just for the fact that it was fun to read. So if you’re looking for a great fu series this book is the one to start off with. But if you don’t like these he has many other great books. I would definitely recommend this book.

Seth P. – 8th grade