The Island of Dr. Libris

Chris Grabenstein grabbed me as an author with his Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library, so I was excited to read this. Much like the first, you can tell the author is a book nut and wants his readers to be, too. In this story, a boy's imagination is captured by a mad scientist as he reads books. What he reads comes alive on the island off the shore of his new house.  His new friends are Robin Hood, Hercules, and Jack (or beanstalk fame). But the scientist wants to use the power of imagination to make money. Billy and his new friend have to slay a giant and defeat the sherriff of Nottingham. It is full of action and I think it will be popular.  I was a bit disappointed in this book.  I found it hollow and unsatisfying.