There's a lot going on, and it's wonderful! Evil roommates, infuriating adults, thrilling sports, enigmatic teachers, new friendships, secret passages, arcane symbols, ancient artifacts. It's a boarding school story that reminded me quite a lot of Harry Potter (though there is no magic here, but that's okay!), and a twisty mystery that made me think of National Treasure, only British. But, you ask, is the book inside as good as the cover?

The cover is amazing! It gets better every time you look at it, with tiny clues and symbols around the edges of the spooky-mysterious central picture. I'd imagine that parents would have a great time reading this aloud to their children. In a way, it reminded me of old-school Disney movies as the audience is clearly middle grade, but the hints of adult awareness and humor are there.

I found The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane to be extremely well written, engaging, and worth the time as an adult reader. Will Emmy discover the truth behind her father's disappearance, or will she find herself at the heart of a larger plot? Emmy is not really happy with this turn of events, but a mysterious letter referencing her father compels her to explore Wellsworth.and see if maybe the trail to her father isn't as cold as it appears.Įmmy and her new friends soon discover that Wellsworth is hiding secrets, and those secrets have secrets. With her mother's career rocketing into the the spotlight, Emmy is shipped away to Wellsworth, a prestigious private boarding school in England. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane follows the adventures of Emmy, a girl who's father disappeared when she was 3 years old, and who's mother is a child psychology literary star with, ironically, no time at all to raise her daughter by the standards she dictates. When she arrives at school, she finds the strange symbols from the medallions etched into walls and books, which leads Emmy and her new friends, Jack and Lola, to Wellsworth's secret society: The Order of Black Hollow Lane.This reads like something I would have devoured as a kid: a great title, a boarding school, some creepy secret societies, found families, and lots of interesting school/research side quests.

With a dad who disappeared years ago and a mother who's a bit too busy to parent, Emmy is shipped off to Wellsworth, a prestigious boarding school in England, where she's sure she won't fit in.īut then she finds a box of mysterious medallions in the attic of her home with a note reading: These belonged to your father. But her new home is hiding a secret society … and it may be the answer to Emmy's questions about her missing father. For fans of The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Blackthorn Key series comes an award-winning boarding school mystery about twelve year old Emmy, who's shipped off to a prestigious British school.

The mystery of black hollow lane