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Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library series)

Chris Grabenstein

Ages: 9+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Random House Children's Books/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-593-48083-0

Keywords: games, puzzles, rebuses, ingenuity, creativity, libraries, librarians. carnivals, friendship, bullies, 1960s, Italian Americans, large families, sibling rivalry, inventions

Two older teens try to prevent Luigi L. Lemoncello, 13, from creating games and solving treasure hunts with his friends. Black-and-white illustrations involving rebuses.