The newest book by award-winning author Angela Cervantes (Lety Out Loud). The Mystery of the Stolen World Cup Trophy is about...well, the stolen trophy from the world's most popular sporting event, futbol's World Cup! Cervantes introduces main character Diez Espada, an aspiring detective who takes after his late mother, also a huge mystery fan. Named after his dad's favorite soccer player's jersey number, #10 (Lionel Messi), Diez embarks on a wild adventure to try and discover who has stolen the beautiful World Cup trophy right out from under everyone's watchful eyes! He has help from his 8th grade crush, Rio, and a cast of other fun characters.
Cervantes provides plenty of references to real-life mystery author extraordinaire Agatha Christie, and the rest of the characters she collects in this story make it fun to read. For some reason Diez and Rio, and the way Cervantes wrote this particular story, reminded me of one of my favorite book series, Artemis Fowl, even though Artemis was a science fiction/fantasy series as well as a James Bond-type adventure. I wouldn't say this book was a real page-turner, but I did enjoy it overall. A couple of times I thought the author dropped information into the story to help move the plot along in a less-than-natural way, but being that this is written for kids like you and not dogs like me, I decided to keep rolling with it and not let it get in the way of my enjoyment! It was a fun read, and I hope you'll think so, too! 4 paws!
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