Ninja Librarians

The Accidental Keyhand

By: Jennifer Downey

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Hardcover | 1 July 2014

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Just a little story about your average sword-swinging, karate-chopping, crime-fighting ninja librarians. "[Downey] shows a rare gift for crafting scrambles so madcap that it's hard to turn the pages fast enough to keep up." -Kirkus Starred Review

An Overdue Library Book Can Change Your Life. (So Can a Pet Mongoose.)

When Dorrie and her brother Marcus chase Moe-an unusually foul-tempered mongoose-into the janitor's closet of their local library, they make an astonishing discovery: the headquarters of a secret society of ninja librarians.

Their mission: protect those whose words get them into trouble, anywhere in the world and at any time in history.

Petrarch's Library is an amazing, jumbled, time-traveling secret base that can dock anywhere there's trouble, like the Spanish Inquisition, or ancient Greece, or...Passaic, New Jersey. Dorrie would love nothing more than to join the society, fighting injustice with a real sword! But when a traitor surfaces, she and Marcus are prime suspects. Can they clear their names before the only passage back to the twenty-first century closes forever?

Industry Reviews

" "Ninja Librarians" is fun-filled, fastpaced and alive with details to appeal to all of the senses, including a sense of adventure." - Richmond Times Dispatch
""A rollicking adventure with a smart heroine, heaps of mystery and the whole of history to explore. It's like finding Lara Croft running your local library!" --Lissa Evans, author of Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms, long-listed for the Carnegie Medal (2012) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2011)" -
"[Downey] shows a rare gift for crafting scrambles so madcap that it's hard to turn the pages fast enough to keep up. Well worth a spot on library shelves...but it won't stay there long." - Kirkus
"Delightfully funny from the first page, this middle- grade time-travel adventure is surprisingly full of fun and action. Downey's hilarious debut is perfect for any library-loving reader and those who never considered librarians to be cool." - Booklist
"The book's voice and diverse characters will appeal to many Middle Grade readers hungry for stories about the interaction of kids from different times and places. Teachers will find the novel a useful springboard for discussions about freedom of speech. Plus, the historical characters provide useful cross-curricular opportunities...But I think librarians and those who love libraries will appreciate THE NINJA LIBRARIANS most of all." - Nerdy Book Club
"The delightful premise will be an obvious hit with librarians and their fans...the multiple allusions to history's unsung heroes of intellectual freedom will likely send a few readers to the 900s." - Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
"The melding of fantasy, adventure, and history is enlightening...Readers who miss the collegial, magical setting of Hogwarts will enjoy exploring Petrarch's Library." - School Library Journal

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