The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull, Shadow Mountain Publishing, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2007.
This book is a bit different than the other Brandon Mull books. Children are not sucked into an alternate universe, but this story takes place in a community on earth. In this case, the community is visited by Candy makers, whose candy is magical in nature. Our four primary characters, Nate, new to town, Pigeon, Summer and Trevor have a club for finding treasures. They are sucked into helping the candy maker, Belinda White, for free candy. I did not think this book was going anyplace good, because the kids were doing some pretty shady stuff. This included breaking into a museum and also digging up a coffin at the cemetery. The book was better after they came to their senses. The book includes many questions at the end to help the young reader get to the moral of the book. This book covers issues of addiction, parenting, bullying and misusing powers.
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