The Library of Ever (The Library of Ever)

by Zeno Alexander

Lenora is having a very frustrating summer while her parents have adventures around the globe-until she discovers a strange doorway in her local library.

It leads to the Library-the ultimate library, filled with all the knowledge of the universe. And Lenora steps right up to become its newest apprentice librarian.

Lenora's new job rockets her across the globe and into outer space, to a future filled with robots, and to a dark nothingness that wants to destroy the library. She quickly learns the only way to save it might be unlocking the knowledge inside its endless shelves. . . .

The Library of Ever is an adventure across time and space, but more importantly across human knowledge, as a young girl discovers what makes books truly magical.

• ISBN10: 1250233704
• ISBN13: 9781250233707
• Publish Date: 28 April 2020 (first published 30 May 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 5 April 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[nsperry92]

A charming, imaginative read

[tweetybugshouse]

This is the perfect type of middle grade novel if your a lover of knowledge. To set you the story and not give it all away we basically have Lenora who is bored and her parents never pay any attention to her. One day she gets dragged around town by her nanny and one of the stops is the library. Here where your adventure in knowledge awaits you if you dare to continue reading. Lenora is sucked into a world of danger when she is offered a job as Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian. Now like all middle grade novels or at least the ones i read you need to set your adult serious aside and just escape back to when you were little and all the rules of reality did not weight down your imagination. That why i pick up these books they are fast reads for me but they let me just have a fun jaunt of on adventure where things really don’t make sense.

Lenora ends up answering and solving some really amazing quests as she progresses in her job. You learn fun facts and even may get inquisitive about what your reading enough to go pick up some other books and learn more about penguins, ants, or ancient languages that have been lost to time. If your a parent trying to entice your child to gain some new information or you have one who is naturally curious about things this may be just the book to scratch that itch.

[Briana @ Pages Unbound]

Source: ARC from publisher giveaway

Initial Thoughts: I have to think about this some more. I didn't like it. There's no logic in the story and it's just wild event after wild event with too fast pacing. It's a bit "in your face" with its message about knowledge and libraries. But maybe this is just the thing younger children would like. I can imagine it being a popular lower middle grade book for its target audience, just not one of those books that's good enough to also appeal to older readers.