Book Scavenger

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Jun 2015 · The Book Scavenger series Book 1 · Sold by Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

About this ebook

A New York Times-Bestseller!

For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles). Upon her arrival, however, Emily learns that Griswold has been attacked and is now in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic new game he had been poised to launch. Then Emily and her new friend James discover an odd book, which they come to believe is from Griswold himself, and might contain the only copy of his mysterious new game.

Racing against time, Emily and James rush from clue to clue, desperate to figure out the secret at the heart of Griswold's new game—before those who attacked Griswold come after them too.

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Ratings and reviews

i have the book and it is awsome! the part near the end when james asked barry how much mr remora is paying him and he says five hurdred dollars and matthew say thats all? and then says you know he is going to make a bank off that old stack of papers my sister is holding right? and he would'n have gone to all this trouble just to make a couple thosand dollars. then mr remora says don't listen to him he is just a kid but what matthew had said had sunk in then barry aims the gun at him and says you don't care about me! all you care about is books! i have a lot of legos so i acted this part out with my legos too.

Its the best book ever when we did it in school we his books and we still have the website you should check it out! Since I'm still in middle school we still do it just started a month ago its been awesome!

I loved it. Best birthday book ever. I think its the best book I ever read.

About the author

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds an MFA in creative writing and has worked for literary agencies, magazines, educational publishers, and as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader. Book Scavenger is her debut novel.