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Several parents pulled out cell phones. And pleasedo not attempt to phone, email, text, fax, or send smoke signals to your , encouraging them to enter the competition. We have blocked all communication into and out of the library. Only those who truly wish to stay and play shall stay and play. Anyone who chooses to leave the library will go home with lovely parting gifts and a souvenir pirate hat very similar to mine. Theyll also be invited to my birthday party tomorrow afternoon. He held up his crumbfilled plate. Ive been sampling potential cake candidates for breakfast. Mrs. Keegan crossed her arms over her chest. Will this game be dangerous No, said Mr. Lemoncello. Your will be under constant video surveillance by security personnel in the librarys control center. Dr. Zinchenko and I will also be monitoring their progress here in my private videoviewing suite. Should anything go wrong, we have paramedics, firefighters, and a team of former Navy SEALseach with the heart of a samuraistanding by to swoop in and rescue your . Itll be like The Hunger Games but with lots of food and no bows or arrows. Why not just have the s play one of your other games a parent suggested. Why all this fuss Because, my dear friends, these twelve have lived their entire lives without a public library. As a result, they have no idea how extraordinarily useful, helpful, and funfula word I recently inventeda library can be. This is their chance to discover that a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow Mr. Lemoncello, I think what youre doing is fantastic, said one of the mothers. Thank you, said Mr. Lemoncello, bowing and clicking his heels (which made them bruck like a chicken). If any of you would like to check up on your , announced Dr. Zinchenko, please join us in the adjoining room. Oh, theyre a lot of fun to watch, said Mr. Lemoncello. However, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Im afraid your son Kyle does not enjoy the theme song from Rocky quite as much as I do Rocky had done its job. Kyleand everybody else locked inside the librarywas definitely awake. Even Charles Chiltington had come down to the Rotunda Reading Room from Mr. Lemoncellos private suite. The only essay writer not with the group was Sierra Russell, who, Kyle figured, was off looking for another book to read. Were still locked in squealed Haley Daley. This is so lame, added Sean Keegan. Its like eleventhirty. Ive got things to do. Places to be. Look, you guys, said Kyle, theyll probably open the front door right after we eat or something. Well, wheres that ridiculous librarian said Charles Chiltington, who was never very nice when there werent any adults in the room. Yeah, said Rose Vermette. I cant stay in here all day. I have a soccer game at two. And, dudes, said Sean Keegan, I have a life. Do you require assistance said a soft, motherly voice. It was the semitransparent holographic image of Mrs. Tobin, the librarian from the 1960s. She was hovering a few inches off the ground in front of the center desk. Yes, said Kayla Corson. How do we get out of here The librarian blinked, the way a secondhand calculator (the one your oldest brother dropped on the floor a billion times) does when its figuring out a square root. Im sorry, said the robotic librarian. I have not been provided with the answer to that question. Will we be doing brunch here this morning Chiltington asked politely. Im not hungry, but some of my chums sure are. After all, it is eleventhirty. The kitchen staff recently placed fresh food in the Book Nook Caf??. Thank you, Mrs. Tobin, said Chiltington. Would you like anything A bowl of oatmeal, perhaps. No. Thank you, CHARLES. I am a hologram. I do not eat food. I guess thats how you stay so super skinny. Kyle shook his head. The smarmy guy was oilier than a soggy sack of fries. He was even sucking up to a hologram. Chiltington and the others traipsed off to have breakfast, but Kyle and Akimi stayed with the holographic librarian. Um, I have a question, said Kyle. Im listening. Is the library lockin over Are we supposed to go home now Mr. Lemoncello will be addressing that issue shortly. Okay. Thanks, Mrs. Tobin. You are welcome, KYLE. After the librarian faded to a flicker, Akimi said, By the way, Kyle, before we leave, you need to check out that room I slept in last night. The Board Room Yeah. They call it that because, guess what Its filled with board games All Lemoncellos Nuhuh. Stuff from other companies. Some of it goes way back to the 1890s. I think its Mr. Lemoncellos personal collection. Its like a museum up there. Kyles eyes went wide. You hungry he asked. Not really. We ate so much last night. You think we have time to check out this game museum Follow me. The two friends bounded up a spiral staircase to the second floor, where they found another set of steps to take them up to the third. When he entered the Board Room, Kyle was blown away. Wow The walls were lined with bookcases filled with antique games, tin toys, and card games. This is incredible. I guess, said Akimi. If, you know, you like games. Kyle smiled. Which, you know, I do. They spent several quiet minutes wandering around the room, taking in all the wacky games that people used to play. There was one display case featuring eight games with amazingly illustrated box tops. A tiny spotlight illuminated each one. Wonder whats so special about these games, said Kyle. Maybe those were Mr. Lemoncellos favorites when he was a . Maybe. But the slogan etched into the glass case confused Kyle: Luigi Lemoncello: the first and last word in games. But these arent Lemoncello games, he mumbled. The first spotlighted game in the case was Howdy Doodys TV Game. After that came H??sker D??, You Dont Say, Like Minds, Fun City, Big 6 Sports Games, Get the Message, and Ruff and Reddy. Its a puzzle, Kyle said with a grin. I thought they were games. They are. But if you string together the first or last word of each game title He tapped the glass in front of the first box on the bottom shelf. You get the message. Really said Akimi, sounding extremely skeptical. Youre sure its not just a bunch of junk somebody picked up for like fifty cents at a yard sale Positive. Kyle pointed to each box top as he cracked the code. Howdy. D?? you like fun games Get Reddy. Miguel Fernandez barged into the Board Room. Here you are We need you guys in the Electronic Learning Center. Now. Why

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