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Product Description It's the biggest livestream event ever--Mr. Lemoncello is going live with his first-ever televised BREAKOUT game!Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth fun-filled, action-packed adventure in the bestselling series from the much-loved coauthor of Max Einstein and I Funny! Greetings, boys and girls, gamers of all ages--are you ready to play Mr. Lemoncello's BIGGEST, most dazzling game yet? After months of anticipation, Mr. Lemoncello is taking his games out of the library and going LIVE across the nation on the world-famous Kidzapalooza Television Network! Everyone's invited to audition, but only a lucky few will compete in front of millions of viewers in a completely immersive live-action breakout game--with real kids as the playing pieces! Each of the winning teams must make it through five different rooms by solving a puzzle to unlock each room and BREAK OUT! But nothing is ever as it seems with Mr. Lemoncello, and the surprises in store just might stump even the game master himself. The clock is ticking! Can Kyle and his friends crack the codes in time to win Mr. Lemoncello's ultimate game show? Don't miss bonus content in the back of the book--including a sneak peek at the next Mr. Lemoncello, Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket ! * "A worthy successor to . . . Willy Wonka." -- Booklist, starred review ( Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library ) About the Author Chris Grabenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Mr. Lemoncello series, the Welcome to Wonderland series, and many other books. He is also the coauthor of many page-turners with James Patterson, including the Max Einstein series, and of Shine!, which he coauthored with his wife, J.J. Grabenstein. Chris lives in New York City. Visit Chris at ChrisGrabenstein.com and on Twitter at @CGrabenstein. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. “I love this wacky game!” shouted Kyle Keeley. He probably shouldn’t’ve been shouting, because he was in the middle school library playing video games with his friends Akimi Hughes, Sierra Russell, and Miguel Fernandez. Actually, he probably shouldn’t’ve been playing games on a library computer, either. This was supposed to be his “independent reading” time. But just the night before, while watching his former classmate Haley Daley’s new TV show, Hey, Hey, Haley, on the Kidzapalooza Network, Kyle had seen a commercial for Mr. Lemoncello’s new What Else Do You See? It was an online puzzle game filled with fast-flipping, high-flying animated optical illusions. Was it fun? “Fun?” Haley chirped at the end of the commercial. “Hell-o? It’s a Lemon-cell-o!” Kyle just had to try it. As soon as possible! (Which turned out to be “independent reading” time.) “This is level one,” he said as a puzzler popped onto the screen with a ticking ten-second countdown clock. “Easy,” said Akimi, typing as fast as she could on the keyboard. “A vase and two faces. Or a candlestick. That vase could be a candlestick.” “It’s a classic,” said Sierra, who was something of a bookworm and brainiac. “Optical illusions are an excellent tool for studying visual perception.” “Or, you know, having fun,” said Kyle. Akimi hit return. The screen exploded into pixelated confetti, which settled to spell out “Congratulicitations!” “Let’s move up to level two!” said Akimi, eager for more. “You guys?” said Miguel, glancing toward the librarian. (He was president of the school’s Library Aide Society.) “We should probably go back to reading our books. . . .” “In a minute,” said Kyle, clacking the keyboard. A fresh optical illusion appeared: a road sign. The timer started counting down from ten again. “That’s just Idaho,” said Miguel. He couldn’t resist the lure of a Lemoncello game, even though he knew he should. “See? ‘I-D-A-H-O’!” “What about an old guy?” asked Kyle. “Nope,” said Akimi. “