The Library of Ever
By Zeno Alexander

Genre: Action & Adventure
Age: 9-12
Length: 208 pages
First Published: 2019

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Malinda’s Review

Rating

I was attracted to this book because of the cover. I love the way the cover is designed. It pulls the reader into all the possibilities the title eludes to. It depicts the Library of Ever as this massive collection of books that tower to the sky.

Lenora is the main character in our story today. Bored out of her mind as she is towed around the city with her nanny because her parents are off traveling the world without her. Lenora, in a defiant act, escapes her nanny in the library.

Stumbling upon a weird man preventing a boy from entering a particular part of the library, Lenora is drawn into this plot to destroy the world’s knowledge.

I love the aspect of protecting knowledge and giving people the option to learn what they want to know. I also see the trend to destroy the past instead of learning from it in our world today.

Now there is evil trying to destroy the library and its books, and one of the targets is Lenora, who is eleven. Lenora is brave and determined to do her part to help. These actions put her in danger multiple times. However, she is never hurt, and other library members do come and help her.
I was disappointed with how the book ended. I was not aware the book ended with a cliffhanger. It is a quick and easy read with an intriguing storyline, but I felt robbed of any conclusion to the story.

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Publisher’s Description

Named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, The Library of Ever is an instant classic for middle grade readers and booklovers everywhere—an adventure across time and space, as a young girl becomes a warrior for the forces of knowledge.

With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored—until she discovers a secret doorway into the ultimate library. Mazelike and reality-bending, the library contains all the universe’s wisdom. Every book ever written, and every fact ever known, can be found within its walls. And Lenora becomes its newly appointed Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian.

She rockets to the stars, travels to a future filled with robots, and faces down a dark nothingness that wants to destroy all knowledge. To save the library, Lenora will have to test her limits and uncover secrets hidden among its shelves.

An Imprint Book

An Amazon Best Book of the Month
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Year

“Unusually clever.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Zeno Alexander’s The Library of Ever reads like someone mixed Neil Gaiman with Chris Grabenstein, then threw in an extra dash of charm. Reading it is like getting lost in an entire library full of books, and never wanting to leave!”
—James Riley, New York Times bestselling author of the Story Thieves series

“Full of whimsy and pluck, The Library of Ever is a total delight!”
—Wendy Mass, New York Times bestselling author

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About Zeno Alexander

After emerging from the shadows of the past, his history yet to be fully explained, Zeno Alexander spent years exploring the world’s libraries before settling down in his lavish underground bunker, where he regularly hosts exquisite dinner parties and tends to his collection of extinct plants. His friendship with the famous librarian, Lenora, has turned into a series of biographical works devoted to chronicling her adventures.