Book Review of The Mystery of the Missing Tea Drinker

A kid shouldn’t have to worry about anything more than what adventure they will have next. Sometimes those adventures take unexpected turns and involves the life of someone they love. Alex and Ollie don’t have a typical family and are very dysfunctional, but when their father disappears, they’ll do whatever they have to do to find him.

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I haven’t read books with young children as the detectives in many years, so this one was unusual for me and hard to get into initially. Alex isn't one who is obsessed with mysteries. She wants a life that is “normal”. An autistic brother and a disappearing mother doesn’t help her achieve her dreams. Her father is back in their lives, but things aren’t staple. In fact, they are downright strange. It was only after Alex begins to notice clues left for her did I really find myself getting drawn in. Why did it take me so long? I think because I couldn’t quite relate to the main characters at first. Then I joined in the journey.

The clues were not something I would have picked up on. They were very specific for Alex. Only she was able to pick up on…