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Teele, Elinor

The Mechanical Mind of John Coggin

341 pp. | HarperCollins/Walden Pond | April, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-234510-3 $16.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. Seeking a new home away from death, John and his younger sister Page flee ruthless Great-aunt Beauregard and the family coffin business. Reminiscent of The Phantom Tollbooth, this offbeat (if sometimes exhaustingly eccentric) quest features colorful secondary characters, odd inventions, and no shortage of humor as the siblings realize that home is less a place you find than a place you make.
Reviewer: Rebecca Kirshenbaum

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