Janitors #3 Curse of the Broomstaff

Presenting Janitors #3 Curse of the Broomstaff by Tyler Whitesides.

Here is the summary of the book:

A secret society of Janitors with wizard-like powers continue their battle, and now, the stakes are even higher. The Bureau of Educational Maintenance is after Alan Zumbro and this time they mean business - deadly business. Spencer, Daisy, and their little team of rebels must find the source of all magical Glop and destroy it before it can destroy the world as we know it. No small task with the BEM and their monster toxites at their heels. It's a wild and dangerous ride as they follow the trail of clues all the way to the hiding place of the mysterious aurans: guardians of a secret landfill. What they discover there will change the way

Spencer sees himself, not to mention the fate of the rebels.

In the author's words, this is one of the trashiest book he had ever read..... so in that context i'd say that this was definitely the trashiest book I ever read.

The story literally and actually takes place around heaps and mounds of trash as the epic war between the rebel janitors and the BEM comes at a headway. They are finally about to find out the source of the glop and planning to destroy it preventing anymore creations  or bastardizations of Grime, Filth and Rubbish.... The actual treasure hunt takes them to a land fill, the dumping and if correct the home of the mysterious Aurans..... But what they find there is another matter entirely.

Tyler Whitesides' mystical rebel warlock Janitors and their admirable fight to save education is a fiction read and appreciated with much gusto. Both Spencer and Daisy grew as characters, although certain attributes of their we observed in book 1 are still prevalent till date and enough to make us sigh in exasperation (case in point 'Gullible Gates'). But these kids and the band of adults helping them sure was a fresh point seeing as almost every other protagonist out there play an important role/

With a fast paced and well paced plot with the adrenaline induced adventure through the enormously magical landfill..... well the ending was rather unexpected..... I have no idea if this is the last book of the series r if there will be more after this one. But what I am certain of is you guys - both kids & adults and well teens out there, you need to read this series because despite it being a juvenile fiction, there is something in it for everyone and you will totally not be disappointed in it one bit.

"An epic battle of the trashiest kind - Literally..... I RECOMMEND"

Genre :      Juvenile, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy

Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing

Release Date: 10th September, 2013

My Copy: publisher and netgalley

Rate:              5/5 (It was Amazing)

Books in the series (review link):
                 #1 Janitors 
                 #2 Secrets of New Forest Academy

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Janitors #2 Secrets of New Forest Academy

Presenting Janitors #2 Secrets of New Forest Academy by Tyler Whitesides.

Here is the summary of the book:

The Bureau of Educational Maintenance (BEM) is after Spencer, and the only place he is safe is within the walls of the New Forest Academy. Or so he thinks. In this fast-paced adventure, the kids must figure out where their loyalties lie and who they can trust as they fight to discover the true secret of the New Forest Academy and what it means to the future of education.

Begins almost a week after the events of Book 1. Secrets of New Forest Academy, is the next step in the fight against the Bureau of Educational Maintenance(BEM) with the help of rebel janitors, Spencer and Daisy. BEM are after Spencer so alongwith Daisy, must flee to another school New Forest Academy guarded as Walter claimed said Toxites by another rebel Janitor. But what goes on in that school is another matter altogether.

Like Book 1, book 2 also doesn't not disappoint. We read and see the evils of BEM and their manipulations of the Toxites as things take an even more of a dangerous turn in this leg of the fight. While the author expands on the mythos of the book, the concept behind the story stays the same - keeping the educational productivity safe from encroachment. There is mystery, teamwork and lots of Toxites and BEM fighting action. BRAVO......

"Just as entertaining as the first one and likewise action packed"

Genre :      Juvenile, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy

Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing

Release Date: 4th September, 2012

My Copy: publisher and netgalley

Rate:              5/5 (It was Amazing)

Books in the series (review link):
                 #1 Janitors

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Janitors #1 Janitors

Joy..... I have found a new juvenile fiction worthy of note. Presenting Janitors #1 Janitors by Tyler Whitesides.

Here is the summary of the book:

The magical, secretive society of JANITORS will sweep the country in the fall of 2011. Have you ever fallen asleep during math class? Are you easily distracted while listening to your English teacher? Do you find yourself completely uninterested in geography? Well, it may not be your fault. The janitors at Welcher Elementary know a secret, and it s draining all the smarts out of the kids. Twelveyear- old Spencer Zumbro, with the help of his classmate Daisy Gullible Gates, must fight with and against a secret, janitorial society that wields wizard-like powers. Who can Spencer and Daisy trust and how will they protect their school and possibly the world? Janitors is book 1 in a new children s fantasy series by debut novelist Tyler Whitesides. You ll never look at a mop the same way again.

Education is important..... Institution is important.... and to make sure that the educational institutions are in working order.... Janitors too are very important...... Without the janitors to fight the evils of 'Grime, Filth & Rubbish', the state of education would crash and empires would crumble into smithereens..... Who would have though that Janitors actually were that important to the state of education.

But Tyler Whitesides does that beautifully. Janitors is the first book of a trilogy of the same name. With normal elementary school janitors playing the role of the mystical guardians of education mopping, dusting, plunging out the grime, filth and rubbish, aka brain waves sucking creatures classified as Toxites rendering the learning abilities of kids null and void if unchecked. 

Whitesides gives a paranormalistic twist to Janitors in his story with the antagonist in the form of an evil organization looking to control education of the country under their thumb and a group of rebel Janitors as the good guys on one side fighting tooth and nail to protect the education of kids, and two 12 year olds, Spencer Zumbro and Daisy Gates find themselves a part of the good team.

Spencer Zumbro & Daisy Gates. The former, with an annoying dose of OCD, a clean freak and the the latter known as Gullible Gates, believing in almost every outlandish things anybody would tell her. But both of them form a tight team of determined children. An amusing and hilariously silly adventure, Tyler Whitesides' Janitors although focused for a juvenile reader with the much desired action and adventure of the genre, also provides the strong moral for young children - "education is important" and that is something adults would find very good about here. The world building is also very well done, providing a solid background to his tale of warlock Janitors.

"Janitors - The warlocks protecting education..... oh you would never look a Janitor the same after this.... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND"

Genre :      Juvenile Fiction, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing

Release Date: 20th July, 2011

My Copy: Bought(ebook)

Rate:              5/5 (It was Amazing)

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