You Have to Stop This (The Secret Series)
Cass, Max-Ernest, and Yo-Yoji are on yet another search for “the Secret.” In this fifth and final (maybe not!) book in the Secret series, Cass accidentally breaks a finger off a mummy in a natural-history-museum exhibit. The trio’s adventures begin when the mummy goes missing and they must find it to clear themselves before eighth-grade graduation. Bosch interjects “warnings” to readers and gives footnote explanations of starred words. Ford’s illustrations introduce each chapter and aptly set the mood. Readers who followed the children in previous escapades know what to expect: quirky humor, light suspense, and magic. No disappointments here. Grades 4-7. --J. B. Petty