Key

by Kelly Rogers, Betsy Peterschmidt (Illustrations)

It's Ms. Fleek's first year as a science teacher, and she can't find the key to the lab room. When the lab is finally opened, weird changes occur. Ms. Fleek is changed. A teacher goes missing! Science class becomes strange, and students start avoiding Rm. 201. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

47 pages, Library Binding

Published August 15, 2016

Reviews

[B Whited · Rating 3 out of 5]

Something weird is going on with Ms. Fleek...

But MJ doesn't really care to find out. While most stories would have the main character breaking into the classroom and discovering the secret the main character Nopes out. Which makes her have higher self preservation skills than most horror/mystery characters. Rm. 201 the key does build intrigue enough to continue the series.

At 48 pages it a good read for kids.

[Janelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of weird and there isn't an ending.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a high/low book with a lower reading level but a high interest level for kids who might be struggling with reading. The Key is about a girl in 7th grade. The publisher states that the book is for 2nd grade through 8th grade. It might be easy for a second grader to read the words but to understand the story line might take a more advanced reader. This is a great book for the struggling older reader to read. It is OK in the story line but it seems not to have a real ending. Since it is one book in a series I would like to think that they are all linked, but I do not have the series to be sure. It does have cursive on some of the pages so that might hinder or discourage some readers from this book, though not all high/low books have cursive in them. Overall it is an ok book for students to use but is mainly for the struggling older readers.