Book Blurb:
ELIZABETH WEBSTER AND THE COURT OF UNCOMMON PLEAS by William Lashner
Pub. Date: October 15, 2019
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 320
Welcome to Elizabeth Webster's world, where the common laws of middle school torment her days . . . and the uncommon laws of an even weirder realm govern her nights.
Elizabeth Webster is happy to stay under the radar (and under her bangs) until middle school is dead and gone. But when star swimmer Henry Harrison asks Elizabeth to tutor him in math, it's not linear equations Henry really needs help with-it's a flower-scented, poodle-skirt-wearing, head-tossing ghost who's calling out Elizabeth's name.
But why Elizabeth? Could it have something to do with her missing lawyer father? Maybe. Probably. If only she could find him. In her search, Elizabeth discovers more than she is looking for: a grandfather she never knew, a startling legacy, and the secret family law firm, Webster & Son, Attorneys for the Damned.
Elizabeth and her friends soon land in court, where demons and ghosts take the witness stand and a red-eyed judge with a ratty white wig hands out sentences like sandwiches. Will Elizabeth's father arrive in time to save Henry Harrison-and is Henry the one who really needs saving?
Set in the historic streets of Philadelphia, this riveting middle-grade mystery from New York Times best-selling author William Lashner will have readers banging their gavels and calling for more from the incomparable Elizabeth Webster.
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My Review:
4 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Another-World, Ghosts, Mystery, Supernatural, Teen--
Elizabeth is content to keep her head down, have her one friend Natalie, be good at math and be boring. But when the most popular boy at school, Henry, singles her out to tutor him in math, Elizabeth can't get out of it. But what Elizabeth doesn't know, is that Henry does not want her for tutoring but because the ghost haunting him said her name. Elizabeth is now involved in the paranormal somehow, a mystery that may have something to do with her and she needs to get to the bottom of it.
I almost never read Middle Grade books but when I saw Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas I knew I had to read the book because it sounded so different and interesting and the creepy factor of the story goes well with Halloween coming up and my desire to read scary books. I am so glad that I took a shot on something new and out of my normal comfort zone since I found this to be really entertaining. I need to add more Middle Grade reads to my life since the pacing was perfect, with a nice fast plot and quick chapters that made the story very approachable. The characters were fun, even if at times seemed much older than the seventh grade they were in, but full of the right amount of drama. Add in the fact that a ghost can be sued and this is a fun mystery read.
The story wrapped up nicely with a cute conclusion that totally brought loner Elizabeth out of her shell and gave her friends she never expected and a goal for the future. I am completely satisfied with the ending and how the mystery of the story was solved, but that being said, I really hope that there will be another book in the series where Elizabeth can practice her lawyer skills for those of the supernatural leaning with her random assortment of friends!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this title.
William Lashner is the New York Times Bestselling creator of Victor Carl, who has been called by Booklist one of the mystery novel’s “most compelling, most morally ambiguous characters.” The Victor Carl novels, which have been translated into more than a dozen foreign languages and have been sold all across the globe, include BAGMEN, KILLER’S KISS, FALLS THE SHADOW, FATAL FLAW, and HOSTILE WITNESS. He is also the author of GUARANTEED HEROES, THE BARKEEP, which was an Edgar Award nominee and a Digital Book World Number One Bestseller, THE ACCOUNTING, and BLOOD AND BONE.
Writing under the pseudonym of Tyler Knox, Lashner is also the author of KOCKROACH, described as “roaringly entertaining,” by Publisher’s Weekly, and “an energetic tour de force,” by USA Today. As Tyler Knox he has written a number of book reviews for the Washington Post Book World.
Lashner was a criminal prosecutor with the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. before quitting the law to write fulltime. A graduate of the New York University School of Law, as well as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he lives with his wife and three children outside Philadelphia.
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