You don’t usually need seatbelts for elevator rides, but you might want to consider one for the elevators in today’s Brainstorm. The three books I’m sharing today feature some weird, wild, and highly unusual elevators.
Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2) by Roald Dahl
In this sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and Grandpa have one wild adventure to space and beyond via Wonka’s elevator.
Target Readers:
Humor Fans, Fantasy Fans, Adventure Fans, Middle Grade Readers
Lift by Minh Lê, ill. by Dan Santat
Iris is the elevator button pusher. It is her job until her little brother betrays her one day. Iris isn't happy. At all. But then she sees something the elevator repairman threw out, takes it home, and discovers a wondrous new thing that's all her own. Iris enjoys her fantastic journeys, but maybe things are even more enjoyable when shared.
Target Readers:
Those Who MUST Push the Elevator Buttons, Imaginative Readers, Fantasy Fans, Sibling Story Fans, Travel Story Fans, Santat Art Fans, Picture Book Readers
The Shadow Cipher (York, #1) by Laura Ruby
The Morningstarr twins revolutionized NYC with their inventions in the late 1700s/early 1800s, and then they disappeared but left a cipher behind in the newspaper promising a treasure to whoever found it. In the past 200 years many have tried to solve the cipher, but no one has succeeded. Tess and Theo Biedermann have lived all their lives in one of the Morningstarr buildings (which features a very unusual elevator important to the story). When a rich developer purchases their building suddenly and gives the residents one month to clear out, everyone is floored. They though they would live in this quirky building forever. Tess and Theo, together with their neighbor Jaime decide that the best solution to their sudden homing crisis is to solve the cipher. But if no one has had success in 200 years, can three tweens really have a chance?
Target Readers:
Puzzle & Code Crackers, Treasure Hunt Fans, Steampunk Fans, NYC Locale Fans, Mystery Fans, Twin Character Fans, Adventure Fans, Middle Grade Readers on up
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