Nate the Great and the Missing Key by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Rating: Not for Me

Reading Level: Early Elementary

I thought I could trust Nate the Great but this one had some bummer aspects. Possible Concerns:

• Calling a sweater “stupid.”
• Being mean. Nate tells Oliver to go the opposite way from him and does other things that are rather mean to try to discourage Oliver from following him. It was rather mean!

It was a clever plot, but I don’t think the good outweighed the bad on this one. I preferred The Missing Tomatoes.