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Title: Professor McNitt and the Journey to Gambit
Author: Alison Kentta
Narrator: JoBe Cerny
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-26-15
Publisher: Alison Kentta
Genres: Kids, Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Twelve-year-old Corabelle Quinn is positive she doesnt have a single living relative, much less a quirky great uncle named Professor McNitt. But after ten months of sharing a bedroom with a biting toddler and a money-obsessed boy genius named Aiken, she gladly moves in with him anyway.
As it turns out, Professor McNitt is not only an inventor of bizarre and marvelous things, but the only person who knows two very important secrets: the real story of Coras family, and the hidden passage to Gambit Island. But just when he begins to reveal how these two things are closely intertwinedhe suddenly vanishes.
If Cora wants to save her uncle, she will have to forge through the unexplored, unpredictable land of Gambit. Her only aids? A little black book of codes and symbols, and smug, know-it-all Aiken.
In Gambit, Cora and Aiken certainly do not expect to find a technologically advanced city of sprykes (fairies who are not allowed to use their wings), a coalition of civilized animals, a tribe of mermaid descendants in a golden city, or a clan of lost Vikings. But at least they are friendly.
Have you ever been chased by hornet-riding cavemen? By the half-dead in a cavernous labyrinth? Byshark-human hybrids? Consider yourself lucky. But even they arent as terrifying as the person holding Professor McNitt hostage.
As Cora and Aiken race across Gambit Island, they slowly piece together the mysteries of its originand how closely they are each tied to it."
Members Reviews:
Well-crafted, shooting with imagination
Oh my gosh! It was like the author had ten superlative dreams and weaved together the best of all those dreams and crafted them into an incredible, page-turning story!
Itâs like Alice in Wonderland, but with more action and brushes with dastardly creatures.
I loved the three riddles in the caves. I found myself trying to ponder the correct answers to these riddlesâthere is no correct answerâand I agreed with two of them, but for another, I felt differently. It was fun and very much like a debate of values and a brain teaser. The author did well in finding such compelling material from entirely fresh and new sourcesâher own imagination.
Like other childrenâs books that deal with dysfunctional families, this book has plenty of unscrupulous relatives to boo and hiss. Even the foster mother at the beginning of the book is positively delightful as the slothful and opportunistic caretaker with her house of misfits.
My only disappointment was that the book did not end in a resolution to the story. But this book was so good, I forgive the author and canât wait to continue the adventures in her next book.
I also loved it when a main character retold a story from time to time, deciphering the clues within to translate the story, which unraveled in tandem with the real adventures. I was in suspense, waiting for the rest of the hidden story to be told.
There were many flashes of humour, too, as the characters tease each other or find themselves in bizarre situations and comment in such funny ways. I found myself laughing out several times throughout the book.
One code that was explained at the very end of the bookâI did not understand, and hopefully the author will explain it more in the next version.
The imagination was very vivid and well woven together. It has been one of the few books this year that I found myself wanting to explore more and could not wait to see what would happen next.
