Google Patents EP1211151A3 - Retractable steps for vehicles I can’t wait to spend more time with Stevie and find out what else is happening at Ellingham.EP1211151A3 - Retractable steps for vehicles I’m not even mad that the book ends on a cliffhanger (again!) because I know that Johnson will hit it out of the park with book three and will end the series on a satisfactory note. I just want this book-and its author-to be my best friend. It’s always really cool to see books with they/them pronouns, and I hope someone out there reading the book feels seen! One of Ellingham’s students from a different House is Vi Harper-Tomo, a nonbinary character who brings out the glow in Janelle. Every side character is interesting and whole. Each House is named after a Roman god or goddess. There are also interviews and a few flashbacks to other characters who lived at Ellingham when Alice’s kidnapping occurred, written in distinct voices as well.Įllingham is such a cool place, even with (or especially because?) of the mystery surrounding it. She writes with Stevie’s inner monologue, a snappy and effervescent voice, for most of the book. I love Maureen Johnson’s use of language. There isn’t a lot of kissing in this book, but that’s okay! Mysteries first. Normally that might be my bag, but on David it’s not the cutest. Not only does Stevie look at him and see his slimy senator dad, but he’s also broody, evasive, and bossy. She’s an anxious person but she manages it as best as she can with mental exercises and medication. She makes connections that I would never have guessed. She picks at all the threads and somehow understands the tapestry of what happened. But what she finds out could hurt someone she cares for. Stevie knows she’s close to figuring out the identity of “Truly Devious” and accepts.
A mid-campaign Edward King offers Stevie a deal: He’ll convince her parents to let her back into Ellingham if she keeps an eye on his son.
Stevie also kissed her classmate David, who was revealed to be the despised politician Edward King’s son.Īs The Vanishing Stair begins, Stevie has been pulled out of Ellingham Academy by her parents. When they reopened the door, Ellie was nowhere to be found, likely taking a secret passageway out to who-knows-where. Ellie was then taken to Albert Ellingham’s former office and locked inside while school authorities waited for the police.
Look at all of those stairs! Dizzying, going every which way! I dig it.Īt the end of Truly Devious book number one, our heroine Stevie Bell hypothesized that someone had intentionally killed YouTube star Hayes Major and that fellow Ellingham student Element Walker was involved. Bonus Factors: Boarding School, Nonbinary RepresentationĪre you ready for spoilers for Truly Devious? If not, hop back to our first post for the series and start there!
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