Katie and David are twins and live with their parents in a suburb of Washington, D.C. After struggling for many years financially their parents (and uncle) invent Rover for the U.S. government and since then things have been much better. Their parents are now off to Katkajan to adopt a baby girl while Katie and David stay behind with the newly hired nanny. However, it turns out that Katkajan is in a political mess, the nanny is not a nanny and the parents and baby sister have been kidnapped. Katie and David realize only their reclusive uncle can help them and so they venture on their own to Vermont to find him.
This in an exiting adventure though the pacing is a little slow. It's a page turner nonetheless. Katie and David, like most siblings argue and bicker a lot but they work well together. Bouncing ideas off each other or just winging it they manage to reach their uncle on a remote mountain in Vermont. Uncle Alex is a great character. (I'd love to hear his story, but I digress). But can he help them? Can they save their parents and bring them and their new baby sister home? And what is Rover anyway? You'll have to read this book to find the answers.
Recommended for readers who enjoyed Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series), Mission Unstoppable (Genius Files series), (for my review click here) or who enjoy adventure and mysteries with a little sci-fi thrown in. Read as an ebook arc courtesy of Amulet Books via Netgalley. The Secret of Rover will be published March 1, 2011.
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