Middle Grade Ninja. First Paragraph: Eugenia Lincoln was a practical person, a sensible person. She did not have time for poetry, geegaws, whoop- de- whoops, or frivolity.

I'm posting this on a Monday, Esteemed Reader, because I know that if you're a fan of middle grade fiction, you're a fan of Kate Di. Camillo, and you've probably read all her books. But you haven't read this one (probably) because it doesn't come out until tomorrow. But I'm a big deal blogger (living the dream), and I've already read the newest Kate Di. Camillo, so neener- neener. Speaking of a big deal, something else I've read that you haven't: Kate Di.

Camillo's answers to the 7 Questions. Oh my god, you guys, oh my god, she's going to be here to face them on Wednesday and it's going to be hugely epic, so make sure you come back. By then, you'll have read Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package because I'm about to tell you how much I enjoyed this lighthearted romp that's written with a precision that makes it worthy of study.

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I try to read widely to expose myself to a lot of authors and a lot of styles, which means I don't always get to go as deep into an author's catalog as I might like. Like any lover of middle grade, I love Because of Winn- Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux, and naturally I carved out time for Flora and Ulysses (who doesn't want to read about a super- heroic squirrel?). But then I got busy with another middle grade review for this blog and yadda, yadda, don't you judge me, Esteemed Reader, I doubt Kate Di.

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Camillo has read three of my books.. Anyway, mores the pity, because there's a whole shared Di. Camillo universe I've been missing out on. But I'll be catching up with a quickness.

Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package is the fourth in the Tales from Deckawoo Drive series that is connected to the Mercy Watson series, which is also illustrated by Chris Van Dusen, who deserves his own separate review as his illustrations add so much to this story. Each book in the series tells the tale of a character from a group of related characters that pop into each other's books like the superheroes in Lisa Yee's. Batgirl at Superhero High. This is a whole lot of fun and means almost every character introduced on Deckawoo Drive is fully realized enough to be the star of their own future story. This is the story of Eugenia Lincoln (obviously) who is a very fun character indeed: She had never been so frustrated in her life.

Actually, this was not true. Eugenia spent a large portion of her life being frustrated. Let It Ride Full Movie Part 1 there. It was hard not to be frustrated.

The world was just so.. And also: Eugenia Lincoln was very fond of lists. They helped her think. Lists calmed her.

They made the world seem orderly and reasonable and manageable, even though the world was none of these things. Eugenia Lincoln is an older woman, or so I assume from Chris Van Dusen's illustrations, and extremely curmudgeonly.

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She lives with her younger sister, Baby, and the two of them are about to.. You know what, let's go back to the first paragraph at the top of this review, because Kate Di. Camillo does something quite extraordinary with the opening of this book that you can really only get away with in a middle grade work, which is one of the reasons I love this genre so much. Remember, this novel is aimed primarily at children 6- 9 years old. Di. Camillo starts off this book by telling us exactly who our main character is and what her relationship is with her sister. Granted, most readers will have just completed the third book in this series, which is focused on Baby Lincoln, but still, this ordinarily something I'd harp on my critique partners for. But if the YA Cannibals wrote for a much earlier reader, I'd be dead wrong (happens a lot).

Pay attention to how Di. Camillo shows us the truth of these characters through her word choice even as she's telling us the entire set up of the novel. Remember, that Eugenia would tell her sister these things shows us the sort of character she is and all the things Baby doesn't say shows us the character she is: She believed in attending to the task at hand. Eugenia Lincoln believed in Getting Things Done.

Baby Lincoln, Eugenia's younger sister, loved poetry, geegaws, and whoop- de- whoops of evey sort and variety. She was especially fond of frivolity."We are diametrically opposed," said Eugenia to Baby.

You are woefully impractical. I am supremely practical.""Yes, Sister," said Baby."You are soft, and I am sharpened to a very fine point, indeed," said Eugenia."Well, yes," said Baby. That's true, I suppose.""Suppose nothing," said Eugenia. Believe me when I say that your head is in the clouds, and my feet are planted firmly on the terra firma.""If you say so, Sister," said Baby."I say so," said Eugenia.

And that is how it as with Eugenia Lincoln and Baby Lincoln. Until the day the unexpected package arrived. Spoiler, the unexpected package is an accordion. Actually, this is a story that is mostly impervious to spoilers.

The official description of the novel pretty much lays out the whole plot. The tagline is: "What will it take for a cynical older sister to realize she's a born accordion player—with music in her heart?" I mean, maybe there's a chance Eugenia won't learn to play the music of her heart, but I'd bet all the money in my wallet she will. This leaves us with one mystery: "Miss Lincoln," said Frank. Don't you want to know who sent you the accordion?"Eugenia felt a small ping of uncertainty. It was the ping of the unknown, the unexplainable. Eugenia did not care for such pings."I do not want to know," said Eugenia. I'm not going to tell you who sent the accordion as that remains a mystery to the end of the novel, but it's not a shocking reveal.

I suspect most readers will know who the sender was before it's revealed because there's really only one character with motive, but it's a kind motive, and adds to the charm of this story. You see, Esteemed Reader, this isn't one of your big time mysteries with lots of false leads, nor is is an overly- complex narrative. At 1. 12 pages (many of which have pictures), it's short and sweet and it will put a smile on the reader's face, because that is its reason for being. This is a warm and safe sort of story filled with mostly pleasant happenings despite its curmudgeonly lead character. As a man who spends a lot of time in the realm of horror, I appreciate such a story where there's no chance of a sewer clown. No doubt younger readers, who face horrors of their own, will appreciate the respite as well.