The Mystery Box by Wes Hargis
Series: Down in the Dumps #1
Published by HarperCollins on September 13, 2022
ISBN: 0062910108
Pages: 96
Genres: Adventure, Humor
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Down in the Dumps: The Mystery Box introduces readers to the Westerfield Waste Transfer and Recycling Center and to Nana the moldy banana. This short adventure has the main characters, Nana, along with her friends a broken tea pot and a crusty blob of gum, trying to return a clearly misplaced teddy bear to the non-trash world outside. With short chapters and a quick and easy adventure to follow, this book will appeal to readers in grades first through third. A nice addition to a collection, but not necessary to add.

Reviewed by Mary Randall, Patten Free Library