The bright colors and vintage-style illustrations recall the age of the classic hard-boiled detective, giving the book a distinctive personality.ħ Ate 9: The Untold Story is witty and wild and would make a wonderful addition to any child’s home library. Bet-to the “x”-shaped street sign at the corner of 2 nd and 4 th where 8 is found to the piece of Pi at Café Uno, MacDonald has filled the pages with riffs on language and mathematics that will delight kids. From the name on the detective agency’s door-Al F. Unter Spannung is the 2016 reprint of 7 Ate 9: a light family/children’s card game of addition and subtraction. Ross MacDonald’s personified numbers and visual jokes will entertain both young and adult readers. This guest review was written by Chris Fenton lapsed blogger, father of two young boys, and a teacher who has spent years successfully integrating modern hobby board and card games into the classroom environment. Tara Lazar’s hilarious mathematical mystery adds up to a perfect reading experience for kids who love clever word play, puns, and, of course, numbers! Lazar takes a classic joke and develops it into an ingenious story with twists and turns, red herrings, mistaken identities, and surprising revelations that will keep kids laughing from beginning to end. Each card has a big number in the center (the number of the card) and a +/- in the corner, such as +/-1 or +/-3. Image copyright Ross MacDonald, courtesy of 7 Ate 9 is a new speed card game from Out of the Box Publishing.
