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Title: __The Potato Chip Puzzles__ Author: Eric Berlin Genre: Realistic Fiction Nominated By: Abby Frank

 Winston Breen is obsessed with puzzles. One day Winston gets called down to the principal’s office. He gets scared but then he finds out that he was called in to figure out a puzzle. Winston then gets excited when he finds out that puzzle unlocks a whole puzzle competition at Simon’s Snack Foods. It is with Dmitri Simon the owner of the company. He is happy when his friends Mal and Jake agree to be on the team with him. A strict math teacher for advanced math students, Mr. Garvey, will be joining them. Winston is determined to win. Then, when they are about to start the race, they get in their car and, a glass bottle that was placed strategically behind their car, gives them a flat tire. They figure out there must be a cheater. The cheater is not only cheating on them but other people too by making it harder for them to solve the puzzles! The cheater just keeps getting creepier and creepier. Their teacher gets information from other groups about what the cheater is doing to help them figure out who it is. Will Winston and his friends stop the awful cheater and be able to solve all the puzzles and win the competition? Read this breathtaking book to find out.

 One reason I nominated this book is it is suspenseful. It is suspenseful because throughout the entire book (except for the ending) you do not know who the cheater or cheaters are. There is locking people in bathrooms and many shattered glass bottles giving cars flat tires, otherwise known as a back tire wedgie. I also think it is suspenseful because you never know who is going to win the competition until the very end! Another reason I nominated this book is that I loved reading the characters’ conversations. The author did a great job showing their emotion through their words and their conversations. I could always picture the tone of voice and it does not give away too much, but enough to keep you hanging!  __The Potato Chip Puzzles__  is an amazing book! I loved it and I think you will too!

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