Emily The Strange - The Lost Days

EMILY THE STRANGE

THE LOST DAYS

By:  Rob Reger and Jessica Gruner

FIRST SENTENCE

“Ok.”

SUMMARY
from back cover

13 elements you will find in the first Emily the Strange novel:

1   Mystery

2   A beautiful golem

3   Souped-up slingshots

4   Four black cats

5   Amnesia

6   Calamity Poker

7   Angry Ponies

8   A shady truant officer

9   Top-13 lists

10  A sandstorm generator

11  Doppelgangers

12  A secret mission

13  Earwigs

REVIEW

Emily does strange, but she does strange funny.  She is sarcastic and smart – she asks quirky questions and has crazy conversations.  She doodles and draws – she is random and resourceful.  What makes all of this extra STRANGE though, is that Emily does not even know who she is for most of the book.

Presented in a diary format, The Lost Days truly gets into Emily’s mind.  The pages are filled with drawings, 13-item lists, snippets of conversations, and Emily’s hilarious personality.  She’s strange all-right, but that’s why I liked her so much. 

With the help of her friend Raven (who is odd in her own ways), Emily sets out to solve the mystery of who she is and why she is in such a peculiar place.  The mystery goes back around 100 years and it was a complete surprise to me. 

This book is packed with humor, fun, and mystery.  Strange is the new normal for Emily and it looks great on her.

RATING

5        Plot

5        Characters

5        Attention Grabbing

4        Girlie Meter

5        Ending

24      TOTAL

5        STARS