"Sneaks" by Catherine Egan

Hi! Today I'll be reviewing the book, "Sneaks" by Catherine Egan.

Summary

When Ben Harp sees his teacher's watch crawling across the hallway, he things he must be dreaming. But no, he's just seen his first Sneak--an interdimensional mischief-maker that can borrow the form of any simple object. He figured this school year would be bad--his best friend moved away, the class bully is circling, and he's stuck doing a group project with two similarly friendless girls, Charlotte and Akemi. Still, he wasn't expecting aliens! And he certainly wasn't expecting that the woman he and Charlotte and Akemi are assigned to interview for their "living local history" project would be a Sneak expert. Or that she'd foist an old book on them to keep safe . . . and then disappear. Now Ben, Charlotte, and Akemi are trying to understand a book that seems to contain a coded map while being pursued by violent clothes hangers, fire-spitting squirrels, and more. The Sneaks want that book! And they want something else, too: to pull a vastly more dangerous creature into the world with them. Can three misfit kids decode the book in time to stop an alien takeover?

Likes

This book was great! The character's were lifelike and super intriguing. The mysteries were superb and some were downright shocking. The Sneaks were hilarious at some points, but were kind of creepy at others. Ben and Akemi's friendship was very wholesome and I loved the way they understood each other.

Dislikes

I didn't like Charlotte's character. She felt annoying and kind of weird and selfish. I also felt like Ben telling his best friend who moved away everything about the Sneaks over text without telling Akemi and Charlotte was a bit weird.

Overall

This book was good and I enjoyed it. I would rate it an 8/10.

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