Chocolate Milk, X-Ray Specs & Me

Wr. Bethany Walker

Ill. Jack Noel

Pub. Scholastic

Age Range - 7-11 years

So entertaining and off-beat, we devoured it in a single week. The class enjoyed the humour and spotting the little references to the world of spies. Constructing an entire novel out of letters, postcards and newspaper headlines was really original, and it was a clever way to unfold a story in which characters can't interact in person. My only gripe was the choice of fonts sometimes made it difficult to read out loud fluidly. This never detracted from enjoyment, but did slow the flow of the story on occasion.

"So entertaining and off-beat, we devoured it in a single week."

So entertaining and off-beat, we devoured it in a single week. The class enjoyed the humour and spotting the little references to the world of spies. Constructing an entire novel out of letters, postcards and newspaper headlines was really original, and it was a clever way to unfold a story in which characters can't interact in person. My only gripe was the choice of fonts sometimes made it difficult to read out loud fluidly. This never detracted from enjoyment, but did slow the flow of the story on occasion.