Nene Award
2013 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
About This Book
This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story.
When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they accidentally stumble upon a mystery surrounding a dead magician's diary and the hunt for immortality.
Filled with word games, anagrams, and featuring a mysterious narrator, this is a book that won't stay secret for long.
When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they accidentally stumble upon a mystery surrounding a dead magician's diary and the hunt for immortality.
Filled with word games, anagrams, and featuring a mysterious narrator, this is a book that won't stay secret for long.
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Nene Award
2012 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2011 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Alternate
Nene Award
2011 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2011 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2010 · Children's · Nominee
Edgar Allan Poe Award
2008 · Juvenile · Nominee
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