Okay, so having a little trouble with my image setting thingy. :( Sorry.
Anyway, Up From Jericho Tel is a book about a girl named Jeanmarie and a boy named Malcolm. Both are what Jeanmarie calls 'latchkey children'. They are not popular, and not part of the clone group. Clone is Jeanmarie's term for girls and boys who "knock themselves out to be just like everyone else and then brag about how they are different." Jeanmarie and Malcolm bond and become friends over an extremely unlikely activity. Burying dead animals in the woods in a spot that Jeanmarie dubs Jericho Tel. When they find a dead dalmatian, though, things start. The two friends are sucked down through a box called the Epigene to find an actress named Tallulah, who is dead. Tallulah sends them on a quest to find her missing necklace, the Regina Stone, and the three things needed to make a star. Jeanmarie and Malcolm are both stubborn, know-it-alls, and smart-alecky. There is (extremely) mild language in the book, but otherwise I would suggest it for families.
I give this book 4 and 1/2 stars, with a caution for young children.
Annabelle
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