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The Name of This Book Is Secret | 
 enlarge | Author: Pseudonymous Bosch
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £5.99
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 163444
Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0746090927
EAN: 9780746090923
ASIN: 0746090927
Publication Date: May 30, 2008
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Condition: A brand new copy. Mailed the same working day.
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 Tough to start October 10, 2008
Richard Hammond (St. Albans, UK)
My ten-year old daughter has a voracious appetite for books but has tried and failed three times to read this one. That's not to suggest it's a bad book but it certainly says something about accessibility. Having taken it off Issy and read the first chapter (and skimmed through the remainder) for myself I can understand why she struggled - there's too much effort in the writing and that translates into too much effort for the reader. It *is* beautifully written but that craft shows and is distracting, especially for a ten-year-old. There is though a lot of story and some exceptional ideas on top of a breath-taking range of imagination. I can well imagine that some readers will love it. So three-stars, what does that really mean? I think it means pick it up and decide for yourself, I guess.
 Not very enjoyable at all October 5, 2008
E. Chittenden (Wiltshire, UK)
This was a whimsical book that really didn't captivate me at all. I had hoped for a light hearted well written book, but it wasn't. I got a third of the way through and I couldn't bring myself to read any further.
Good but let down by weak ending September 26, 2008
sam (UK)
It's good, in short.
It isn't going to be one of those books that you re-read over and over and treasure right into adulthood. It is entertaining and - dare I say it - educational. It has some nice emotional depth that presents very real -- and very modern -- moral dilemmas and tackles them in a mature but light-hearted way. There is plenty of action and enough jokes to keep it fun. I quite like the "educational" side lines and the narrators voice doesn't really annoy me like other reviewers have mentioned.
The ending is rotten and a terrible cop-out and feels like it was added by the editor just before going to press. Everything is motoring along and then is brought to a swift end in just 10 pages.
It does feel slightly like a book written to order by a team of talented editors trying to tick all the boxes, rather than a genuine labour of love by one person, but it is nothing like "i'm a teenage health freak" for lecturing wrapped in a novel.
Overall, enjoyable but not a life-long friend.
 Who Is Bosch ? That's Secret ! September 21, 2008
A. Rose (Wet & Windy Yorkshire, UK)
I really loved this book and was sad to leave Cass and Max-Ernest but I live in hope that there might be a sequel. Although this book is aimed at teenage readers, this is truly a book for all children as there are no difficult to understand passages, no bad language and will not give young ones nightmares. The chapters are just the right length for a parent to read one each night to young children (say, age 6 - 9) and just right for older kids to read for themselves and get to a suitable ending.
The storyline (I can't tell you what it's about, it's secret - no, really!) is simple but entertaining and has something for all - the circus, magic, kidnap, riddles, goodies and baddies and loads of make-believe. It's very humorous and also has some quirky educational snippets i.e. how to make a compass and how to write in code, and they both work.
I thoroughly recommend this book and, indeed, this author and I think kids will be crying out for a sequel to this story.
Good idea; good fun to read September 18, 2008
J. E. M. Kneale (Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom)
The name of this book is secret; the first chapter cannot be published because of course you would be made aware of characters and situations; the whole book is one vast secret. An enjoyable and mysterious read. No, I can't tell you what happens... It's secret!
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