Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

The children symbolize different styles of learning through their actions. Akimi represents organization and visual learning; she is the one to write clues for all to see, first in her notebook and then on the whiteboards in the conference room. She categorizes the clues by sureness and the library card book titles by cardholder. Sierra represents recall; she remembers plotlines, facts, and titles and authors. Miguel is skilled with auditory learning as evidenced by his use of puns; additionally, he knows library science and understands the Dewey Decimal system as a library worker. Haley represents quick-wittedness and cleverness, as she gets closer to the rebus puzzle meanings than Charles or Andrew. She also represents clear communication because she steers Kyle to the memory box in his Extreme Challenge. Kyle, though he is not known as a book lover or a particularly “brainy” student, represents the ability to think flexibly, persevere, and take risks; he shows this in his reaction to the Sherlock Holmes stories, when he notices the line, “You see, but you do not observe” (205) and applies it to the writer statues.