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From the bestselling author of E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book Liesl & Po comes a timely and relevant adventure story about monsters of all kinds—and a girl brave enough to save them. Cordelia Clay loves the work she and her father do together: saving and healing the remarkable creatures around Boston at the end of the nineteenth century. Their home on Cedar Street is full to the brim with dragons, squelches, and diggles, and Cordelia loves every one of them. But their work must be kept secret—others aren’t welcoming to outsiders and immigrants, so what would the people of Boston do to the creatures they call “monsters”? One morning, Cordelia awakens to discover that her father has disappeared—along with nearly all the monsters. With only a handful of clues and a cryptic note to guide her, Cordelia must set off to find out what happened to her father, with the help of her new friend Gregory, Iggy the farting filch, a baby dragon, and a small zuppy (zombie puppy, that is).
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I’m overlooking the coincidences that happened in the plot & suspending belief, so I really enjoyed this. In part, I think Oliver’s writing is immersive and beautiful. The plot picked up speed after the first 10-15% of the book, and I really liked Gregory as a character.
The message is a common trope, but I thought it was still done well. The character and friendship development towards the end of the book was great too.
I do wish the monster’s themselves had more personality which I think would of added to the overall message. We really only get to read about three monsters as sidekicks, so I don’t feel like I got to know them well.