The Wall of Fame Game by Crystal Allen - ADVISABLE

Allen, Crystal The Wall of Fame Game (The Magnificent Mya Tibbs #2).  272 pages. Balzer + Bray (HarperCollinsPublishers), 2017.  $16.99.  Content: Language: G (0 swears) Mature Content: G  Violence: G.

Mya Tibbs is a fourth grade student living in Bluebonnet, Texas. She decides to participate in the Wall of Fame Game, a question-and-answer fact game, after classmate Naomi challenges her.  If she masters the game, she will get her name placed on the Wall of Fame and Naomi will have to wear a lame T-shirt.  If she loses, then she’ll have to admit that Naomi is smarter than her and wear the shirt.  The annual chili cook-off is also approaching.  Maya enjoys helping her mom, who has won first place for the past two years, cook her chili.  But this year her mom doesn’t enter because she is pregnant and not feeling well.  Mya decides to enter on her own, even though she knows nothing about cooking.  Mya is very busy and has a lot to worry about!

This is the second book in the Mya Tibbs series and takes place approximately three weeks since the events of the first book. Enough background is given that you don’t need to have read the first book though. Mya is a spunky, creative, caring character who learns many lessons throughout this book.  Readers will hopefully get some valuable takeaways learning from Mya’s mistakes. 

EL – ADVISABLE.  Reviewer:  Nancy W.