{"id":8669,"date":"2017-05-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2017-05-30T10:31:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T15:31:59","slug":"end-of-our-world-with-the-strange-round-bird-by-eden-unger-bowditch-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8669","title":{"rendered":"End of our world with The Strange Round Bird? by Eden Unger Bowditch (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8670\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=8670\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strange-Round-Bird.jpg?fit=300%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,431\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Strange Round Bird\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strange-Round-Bird.jpg?fit=300%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8670\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strange-Round-Bird.jpg?resize=201%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Strange Round Bird by Eden Unger Bowditch published by Bancroft | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"201\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strange-Round-Bird.jpg?resize=201%2C289&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strange-Round-Bird.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>Kidnapping? Already happened.<br \/>\nPuzzles with world-shaking answers? Did some.<br \/>\nPartnered with parents to save humanity? Ohhh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, you&#8217;ve met Noah, Wallace, Faye, Jasper, and Lucy as they investigated <em>The Atomic Weight of Secrets<\/em>  (my no-spoiler review <a href=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=282\">here<\/a>) in  early 1900s America and then traveled to Italy with them (and the mysterious men in black) to study <em>The Ravens of Solemano<\/em> (reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=2444\">here<\/a>) in the further adventures of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.younginventorsguild.com\" target=\"_blank\">Young Inventors Guild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy book birthday this month to <em>The Strange Round Bird!<\/em>,  the conclusion of this exciting trilogy as our five amazing young people are promised a reunion with their talented parents in Egypt&#8230; but the evil Komar Romak has followed them again!<\/p>\n<p>Where do you dream that adventure will take you in this world?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: The Strange Round Bird, or the Poet, the King, and the Mysterious Men in Black (Young Inventors Guild, book 3) \/ Eden Unger Bowditch. Bancroft Press, 2017.\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.younginventorsguild.com\/\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/bancroftpress.com\/order-information\/\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/younginventors.guild\">book Facebook page<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: Arriving in Egypt means reuniting with their beloved parents, but evil forces are intent on preventing the Young Inventors Guild from joining them to solve a mystery which will save humanity from destruction!<\/p>\n<p>An ancient manuscript holds clues about the &#8220;strange round bird&#8221; &#8211; is it the same bird from their childhood song?<\/p>\n<p>Even more mysterious men in black are here in the Cairo castle with the five children and their parents &#8211; what is their true purpose?<\/p>\n<p>Noah&#8217;s mother is kidnapped from the opera stage &#8211; can he rescue her without endangering their mission?<\/p>\n<p>Racing through the marketplaces of Cairo, delving into mysterious secrets, seeking answers without waiting to be &#8216;old enough to help&#8217; &#8211; this thrilling conclusion of The Young Inventors Guild series must overcome the ultimate evil to save the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnapping? 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