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Greenglass House: A National Book Award Winner

Greenglass House: A National Book Award Winner

byKate Milford
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gwen
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 18 January 2023
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Great book
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Suad
5.0 out of 5 stars A great twist to take your breath away
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 10 April 2016
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This book has definitely been one of my favourite reads of the year so far, and the funny thing is, I didn't think it would be.

It is a middle grade book revolving around our main character Milo, who is the adopted son of the Pines'. He was looking forward to his Christmas break and some much needed downtime with his family, who happen to own and run an inn - The Greenglass House, that is known to welcome all kinds of visitors, including smugglers. However, just as Milo had finished all his schoolwork early to really enjoy the rest of his break, several guests show up at the doorstep of the inn, each with a stranger reason for the visit than the next. Milo, a lover of mysteries, and mainly just bored, begins an adventure, in which he tries to find out the real reason behind their stay, and how they might be connected to one another.

In doing so, he meets a young girl his age, Meddy, who encourages him to role play and use his imagination. Something that proves to be quite difficult for Milo at first, as he is grounded in reality, but he soon learns to enjoy the role playing as it gives him a chance to pretend to be someone he is not. This is important for Milo's character development, as he struggles with his identity and the many unanswered questions regarding his background and birth parents, and seems to deal with a lot of guilt for wanting to know, given that his parents are great and loving and have never done anything for him to wish otherwise.

At first, I was a little put off by the "game", maybe because it's way above my age group and so I couldn't help but think how childish these kids are being. Meddy, especially, came off as very annoying and clingy and her insistence on sticking to character could become quite irritating - Milo sure did get frustrated with her a few times, however, as they get closer and closer to solving the mystery the game begins to make more sense until it reaches a climax, which honestly left me sitting with my jaw on the floor and gave me goosebumps all over.

I really enjoyed getting to know each of the guests separately, and trying to figure out who was up to what. They all act quite suspicious, and they all have bizarre backgrounds that sometimes don't add up. Suddenly, things start disappearing - guests belongings are being stolen, and everyone is a suspect. Milo makes it his mission to find these missing belongings, but more importantly to find out who is behind all this thievery - and why. When Milo suggests that they all begin sharing stories after dinner, as a way to pass the time and get to know each other a little better, you start seeing glimpses of each one's true intentions and Milo uses that time to try and assess the details for any clues and piece things together, with the help of Meddy.

It all reminded me a little bit of Agatha Christie's, And Then There Were None. Obviously, a more innocent, child-friendly version, just in the way that these strangers are all stuck in a house and telling stories and hiding things and so on. Then again, I probably made that connection because I had recently read it.

A great mystery, with some great characters that are all well developed and rounded. Milo is a great protagonist to have and root for, and his sidekick Meddy is a wonderful companion to him. The twist in the story took me completely off-guard, and I honestly didn't see it coming. I don't know if it's just me, or if Kate Milford played it well, but I was blindsided and found it one of the most unpredictable twists that I had read in a while. Very well done. That twist and ending alone quickly made this book one of my favorites, otherwise, it would have been just another regular old mystery.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 October 2022
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This book is great. It is a detective and mystery story. It's amazing
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Niki E.
4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, but not great
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 24 January 2021
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I recently decided to revisit the Greenglass House series, reading it this time aloud to my younger kids. It took all of us a while to get drawn into the story. Once we were, however, we started really enjoying it. The ending was so good we didn't want to put it down the last few nights.

We did have a couple things that we didn't enjoy about the book. The game Milo was playing was strange and it was annoying when the characters were called by their "game personas." Just call them by their actual names!

Within the story, there are the stories the other characters tell and those Milo reads in a book. One of these, we really didn't care for as cat lovers and I tried to skip over as much of it as I could. Unfortunately, one of my sons caught on a little quicker and was grossed out as well. That one story and the annoying game are what holds this back from a higher rating.
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Macarena S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 6 October 2022
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Very good book!!!
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Erin Graff
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn’t put it down!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 21 January 2022
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I read this with my 11-year-old son as part of our homeschool ELA class. Oh. My. Word. We could not put it down. I try to only do a chapter a day with him, especially this book because the chapters are very long. It so often, we would get to the end of the chapter and he would excitedly say, “Let’s keep going!!” He even downloaded it on his kindle so he could read ahead. It just got better and better until the moment we both gasped at the surprise we didn’t see coming and then we REALLY couldn’t put it down. Just loved it. Great mystery. Great twist. Beautifully written! We immediately ordered the next in the series. Can’t wait to read it!
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Sheila Gallagher
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 23 April 2020
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Milo expects he and his parents will be celebrating a quiet Christmas when suddenly the inn fills up with strangers. But these strangers all have secrets that include his home. Milo and Meddy who comes to help with Mrs. Carraway and her daughter start playing a game to discover who and what these strangers are up to. Will Christmas just be the family or will it include these strangers?

I enjoyed this book. Milo and Meddy are fun as they become the characters in the game they play. The strangers are an interesting group of people as are the regulars to the inn. Each tells a story as suggested by Milo and as I read the stories they told I figured each one was talking of him/herself through the story. Milo and Meddy listen and observe and put together their clues. I will admit I did not see the twists coming until I was hit over the head with them. A detective I'll never be but this story was an excellent read. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
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Susan Stepney
3.0 out of 5 stars right at this end this becomes overt fantasy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 January 2022
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Milo has been looking forward to a quiet Christmas holidays. Greenglass House, the old hotel where he lives in with his adoptive parents, is always empty over the holidays. But not this year. A steady stream of peculiar guests start arriving. They all have secrets, and he and Meddy decide to solve the puzzles.

There’s a lot of world-building here, but much of the story could take place without it. It isn’t until right at this end that this becomes overt fantasy, and everything is resolved a bit too quickly and easily. But before that, this is an interesting tale of Milo and Meddy working together, and exploit Milo’s deep knowledge of his house, to uncover an old dark secret.
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Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect kids book!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 27 February 2019
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A perfect kids book! Had it been around when I was young I would have read it a hundred times by now (like my other favorites: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, A Wrinkle in Time, and Charlotte’s Web). It’s an adventure story complete with rambling houses, hidden treasures, eccentric characters, ghosts, and Mystery with a capital M.

12-year old Milo Pine lives with his adoptive parents in Greenglass House — a rambling old Inn whose “regulars” are the smugglers who need a little “shore time.” Greenglass House is perched above a deep gorge — accessible only via a creaky cable car named the Whilforber Whirlwind or a 310 step stairway.

As Christmas vacation commences, and Milo prepares to snuggle in for some serious R&R in the empty Inn, the cable car bell keeps ringing and the number of guests (and emergency helpers) grow until Milo finds himself amidst a sea of eccentric characters who all seem to be on delightfully connected personal quests that center on the house itself.

Weaving together folk tales and local legend with a little paranormal thrown in, Milo uncovers the mysteries of Greenglass House and the odd set of characters who are so fixated on it. Milo — prone to anxiety and panic attacks — also develops delightfully through the twin instruments of literature and role playing games.

Good writing — the story is complex enough to engage adults and yet completely accessible to the target kid audience.
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cdm
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 26 June 2022
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This is a wonderful read. Not just for kids, also a fun read for adults.
A very cool & imaginative blend of detective type stories cut through with fantasy.
The writing is great and the story pulls you in.
A welcome respite during COVID trials.
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