The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)

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Summary: The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)
Review: I have been searching for this book for approximately 10 years. I remembered reading this book in elementary school, but could not remember the full title nor the author. I stumbled across it while looking up The Westing Game, also by the same author. The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon... will be entertaining while allowing children to use deductive reasoning skills to find the wearabouts of the title character.

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Summary: One of my favorite pre-adolescent reads!
Review: I've been an avid reader since childhood, and this book was one of my favorites during my pre-adolescent years (late 70s). I've always thought of it as kind of an obscure book, so I was shocked when I stumbled across it on a list of favorite children's books. The kudos are well-deserved, though: as others have said, this is a wonderful, unique mystery story. As you read the book, various clues are provided to help you solve the mystery of Leon's (I mean Noel!) disappearance; two twins, a boy and a girl, work to solve the mystery along with you. I re-read the book many times, and it was just as enjoyable even after I knew the answer to the mystery (which I had NOT been able to figure out on my own!). A great, timeless read for girls and boys alike.

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Summary: One of my favorite pre-adolescent reads!
Review: I've been an avid reader since childhood, and this book was one of my favorites during my pre-adolescent years (late 70s). I've always thought of it as kind of an obscure book, so I was shocked when I stumbled across it on a list of favorite children's books. The kudos are well-deserved, though: as others have said, this is a wonderful, unique mystery story. As you read the book, various clues are provided to help you solve the mystery of Leon's (I mean Noel!) disappearance; two twins, a boy and a girl, work to solve the mystery along with you. I re-read the book many times, and it was just as enjoyable even after I knew the answer to the mystery (which I had NOT been able to figure out on my own!). A great, timeless read for girls and boys alike.

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Summary: The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)
Review: The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel)
By Ellen Raskin
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I have read many great books including, The Harry Potter Series, Which Witch, Island of the Aunts, Because of Winn Dixie, Time Stops for No Mouse and many others. Now I have a new wonderful, thrilling book to add to my list.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel), is the story of Mrs. Dumpling Carillon and her search for her missing husband, Leon Carillon (or should I say Noel Carillon). The main characters were; Mrs. Carillon, Tina & Tony, Augie Kunkel, Mr. Banks and others.

Mrs. Carillon is part owner , along with Leon, of the Carillon soup business, When Mrs. Carillon doesn't receive anymore letters from Leon (Noel), she becomes suspicious and sets out for New York City. There she meets two orphan twins by the names of Tina and Tony, and decides to adopt them. Tina and Tony help Mrs. Carillon decipher the last letter that she received before Noel had disappeared. The strange message stated "Noel glub C blub all...I glub new." Mrs. Carillon ran into many other predicaments, but their main problem is deciphering the message and locating Noel.

I can relate to Dumpling because of her love of horses. In addition, I like the color yellow, and Mrs. Carillon does too. There are no other connections between the characters and myself, with the exception, that, I too, have felt the same way as Tony. At one point in the book, he finds out something very important. Tony couldn't wait for Augie Kunkel, who was a friend of Mrs. Carillon when she was a kid, to come back home so he could tell him. I once had to tell my dad something important and I couldn't wait until he came home from his meeting.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel) is very exciting. I was caught up in the plot and could not put the book down. The story was so great because I was able to solve the mystery while reading the book. My favorite part would have to be when Tina tells Rosemary Neuberger to wash her face daily and not to eat as much junk food as usual, so she could get rid of her pimples. That is my favorite pat because it is very funny to read. Also because Tina hates Rosemary and finally she gets to diss Rosemary. If I could change one part in the book, I would choose the section where Seymour Hall, the horse jockey, dies. I was sad when he passed away.

I would highly recommend this thrilling and funny book to anyone who enjoys being kept on the edge of their seat. I wanted to keep reading the story all night. This book would be enjoyable for someone who likes mysteries, horses, puzzles or just a great read.

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Summary: What do you make of the glub-blubs?
Review: The Mysterious Dissapearence Of Leon (I Mean Noel) Was one of the best books I've ever read. It wasn't really short, but I read it all in one day, it is very grabbing. I loved everything from crazy charachters like Mrs. Carillon and Leon (I mean Noel) to funny interpretations of the glub-blubs. I read it again the next day, and it was even funnier reading them because I knew what the answer was. I loved following the travels or Mrs. Carillon of Mrs. Carillon's Pomato Soup fame and her adopted twins Tony and Tina. I loved Tina's ambition to be a doctor, and I also liked finding out what happened to the charachters in the end without having to read the events until then. This book didn't quite replace The Westing Game as my favorite book, but if you liked The Westing Game, you should definitly read this book. Ellen Raskin doesn't get a whole lot of attention for anything but The Westing Game, but her other books are just as good, if not better. Hold your horses and read this book!

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Summary: The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)
Review: This was a fantastic book! It had a little mystery, some fantasy, and some adventure. I couldn't stop reading it! You should definitely read this book because its the best. It gives the phrase "page-turner" a whole new meaning!

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Summary: The most creative book I've ever read
Review: Without the illustrations, this book wouldn't be half as good as it is. It is quite amazing how the illustrator incorporated aspects of the plot for quite a visual display of word play. This is a mystery novel, however not one you can really solve on your own. You figure it out along with the main character, Mrs. Carillon. She is searching for the love of her life, who disappeared off the side of a boat and sputtered some unintelligable words which she then tries to figure out in the coming decades, as she knows those words are the clues to his disappearance. Along the way, she meets wonderful characters, including a pair of fraternal twins whom she sort of adopts. When I first read this book, probably around the age of 12, I couldn't believe what I was reading. It just charmed me and I fell in love with it. I already knew of Raskin through her other children's books, but this is quite different (I again think it is the illustrations). It is sort of a psychedelic detective book for kids. Psychedelic in the illustrations and oddness. But it's just sososososooo good. Well worth the $5 here at amazon.com, and even more. You will cherish it!

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Summary: The most creative book I've ever read
Review: Without the illustrations, this book wouldn't be half as good as it is. It is quite amazing how the illustrator incorporated aspects of the plot for quite a visual display of word play. This is a mystery novel, however not one you can really solve on your own. You figure it out along with the main character, Mrs. Carillon. She is searching for the love of her life, who disappeared off the side of a boat and sputtered some unintelligable words which she then tries to figure out in the coming decades, as she knows those words are the clues to his disappearance. Along the way, she meets wonderful characters, including a pair of fraternal twins whom she sort of adopts. When I first read this book, probably around the age of 12, I couldn't believe what I was reading. It just charmed me and I fell in love with it. I already knew of Raskin through her other children's books, but this is quite different (I again think it is the illustrations). It is sort of a psychedelic detective book for kids. Psychedelic in the illustrations and oddness. But it's just sososososooo good. Well worth the $5 here at amazon.com, and even more. You will cherish it!