Review: WILY AND THE CANINE PANDEMIC by Michelle Weidenbenner

It all begins with some kind of canine mission, probably to free the dogs or something.  Apparently, dogs are disappearing or getting sick or something. The intro really isn’t that clear, and I certainly don’t know who Thor is.  

Then we meet Wily, a geeky 5^th grader. What if he could bring the dying dogs back to life? That seemed a little far-fetched to me.

 
Story an interesting premise full of allure and mystery, but I wasn’t too taken by it. This really was all about the dogs, which was fine, but I guess I just expected something a little different.  I get that the goal was to save the dogs, but the plot could’ve definitely benefited from a little simplicity and fewer characters. Wily is certainly the unlikely hero that youngsters can look to, and the cover art was pretty cool. The story was okay.

 

My rating: 2 stars