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    The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black
    The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black
    The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black
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    The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black

    By Eden Unger Bowditch

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    It has been mere days since the brilliant children of the Young Inventors Guild escaped from the clutches of the horrible Komar Romak.

    They've escaped with their lovely and caring schoolteacher, Miss Brett; with their long-absent parents; and with their bizarre captors, protectors, or both--the mysterious men in black. And now they travel by train, destined for parts unknown.

    But a note torn from the hand of a dead man in a New York tunnel guarantees that safety is an illusion. When the children's world is blown apart, life will never be the same again.

    Soon, the children--Jasper and little Lucy Modest, from London, England; Wallace Banneker, from New York, United States; Noah Canto-Sagas, from Toronto, Canada; and Faye Vigyanveta, from Delhi, India--find themselves in the ancient Italian village of Solemano, deep in a mystery that spans centuries. As they inch toward the truth of the men in black and the secrets they keep, one terrible fact remains:

    Komar Romak is still out there. He's still after them, for reasons they can't even begin to imagine.

    And he knows exactly where they are . . .

    From the rolling plains of America to the wide-open waters of the Atlantic, through the Strait of Gibraltar to a remarkable village in the hills of Abruzzo, Italy, The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black, the second book of Eden Unger Bowditch's Young Inventors Guild trilogy, is an adventure like no other, as the children draw ever closer to the answers to the mysteries that surround them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBancroft Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9781610881067
    The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black
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    Eden Unger Bowditch

    Drawing on the outstanding images held in places such as the Enoch Pratt Free Library Photographic Archives and the University of Maryland Baltimore County's Bafford Collection, as well as private collections, school archives, and family albums, author Eden Unger Bowditch has compiled a fascinating glimpse into the life of the child-in all its forms-of Baltimore's past. Showcasing valuable photographs by Lewis Hine, the Baltimore Camera Club, and contemporary amateur photographers, this one-of-a-kind volume will entertain and educate readers of all ages. In its depiction of children at home and at play, at school and at work, Growing Up in Baltimore poignantly illustrates how much things have changed, and how children, in so many ways, will always be the same.

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      The Ravens of Solemano is the second book in The Young Inventors Guild series. As such, I expected it to be weaker than the first one, The Atomic Weight of Secrets, which earned four stars from me. But, on the other hand, I didn't expect it to be this hot mess.The plot doesn't advance that much. However, we learn a bit more about the mysterious men in black. The evil Komar Romak is just as evil, but we learn a little more about him. Miss Brett, the children's teacher, is just as sweet. We learn a bit more about the children. We learn their special things have some sort of power. This advancement took well over 400 pages that I forced myself to read. Forced, you ask? Yes, forced. I proofread for a living; I don't like having to do so when reading for enjoyment. The Kindle version had numerous typos. The beginning word of some sentences wasn't capitalized. Too many ending sentences of paragraphs ended with a comma, leaving me to wonder if something got left out. Finally, I decided that since a period would have ended the sentence, it was just a typo. But those errors happened so frequently that I was annoyed. The book wasn't fun to read. The highlight was the appearance of Tesla, but even he was mysterious and a bit annoying.I cannot recommend this book to anyone who cares about writing. At best, the story was okay, earning the story three stars. Unfortunately, the numerous punctuation and capitalization errors knock that down to 2.5 stars. I won't be buying the third book, so I am rounding it down to two stars. And that makes me sad because the first book had such promise.

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