62 pages 2 hours read

Chris Grabenstein

Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

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Chapters 23-33

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Chapter 23 Summary

Mr. Lemoncello appears riding an animatronic dinosaur to announce the next game. It challenges the teams to use the library’s resources to research pterodactyl flight. After their research period, one player from each team will play a motion-sensor-based video game in which they race a pterodactyl through various obstacles. Kyle’s team chooses him to be the racer since he is their game expert. Other teams immediately go to the Electronic Learning Center to practice playing video games. Kyle watches them play the entertaining games with envy, but he knows that he has to be responsible to his team and do some real research. He heads for the 500’s room to research dinosaurs.

Chapter 24 Summary

During his research, Kyle learns about pterodactyl wings and how the creatures flew. He also learns that they ate meat and fish. While he is reading, several other teams enter to do their own research. Kyle’s team meets Angus Harper from the Southwest team. He congratulates Akimi on her impressive glider flight in the first competition of the day. Angus mentions that his father is a pilot who has been giving Angus flying lessons since Angus was six years old. Intimidated by Angus’s experience, Kyle asks Sierra about the plot of another book she has read,