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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library ​Chapter Notes 

 
Skill: Taking main ideas from chapters and summarizing.  
Chapter  Notes  Chapter  Notes 
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1  ● Kyle and his brothers play a game; Kyle  29  ● Kyle’s team studies the new set of 
ends up grounded.   library cards they receive.  
● The story takes place in present day in  ● Kyle asks Mrs. Tobin if there is a new 
the suburbs.   set of cards for the extreme 
Bibliomania game.  

2  ● Dr. Zinchenko checks up on the  30  ● Kyle’s team learns that they may need 
library’s progress.   the other team’s library cards to help 
● The reader gets a description of the  them solve the puzzle.  
library.  ● Charles’ team needs more notecards to 
solve their puzzle. 

3  ● Kyle was on the bus with his best  31  ● With their clues, Kyle’s team thinks 
friend Akimi.   there might be a glass elevator like in 
● Akimi tells Kyle about an essay contest  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate 
for a lock in at the library.   Factory. 
● They end up in the Art & Artifacts 
Room. 
4  ● The teacher was disappointed with  32  ● Sierra takes her turn and gets a call 
Kyle’s essay.   number.  
● The students learn that Mr.  ● Mr. Gutenberg’s hologram helps Kyle’s 
Lemoncello would be the one to grade  team find the Bible verse giving them 
their essays.   the next clue.  

5  ● We learn more about Mr. Lemoncello’s  33  ● Charles and his team found two more 
life and his interest in the new library.   silhouette cards. 
● Kyle goes to study hall to write a new  ● Charles and his team realize that they 
essay.   may need Kyle’s team’s clues. 

6  ● Kyle went home to rewrite his essay  34  ● Haley goes to the 400s room to find 
and sent it to Mr. Lemoncello’s email.   more clues.  
● He received an automatic reply saying  ● She finds another silhouette card with 
that his message wasn’t read.   a band + ITS on it. 

7  ● They called students to the auditorium  35  ● Kyle’s team goes to the community 
so that Mr. Lemoncello could announce  room to organize their clues.  
the winners.   ● The clue they got led them to the 
500s room where they found a famous 
ornithologist.  

8  ● The 12 winners were announced.   36  ● Andrew and Charles lost a game of 
● Kyle was the last contestant announced  Let’s Do A Deal and as a result, all 
as a winner. This is the ​initiating event​.  Dewey Decimal doors have been shut 
for 14 hours.  
● Charles makes a plan to use Sierra 
Russell to sneak into Community 
Meeting Room B. 

9  ● Kyle divided his prize money so that he  37  ● Mr. Lemoncello gives Kyle’s team some 
could share it with his family.   hints about what they should do after 
● Charles Chiltington thought it was  dinner.  
 weird that he shared with his family.  ● Charles and Andrew decide they will 
not share their clue with Haley. 

10  ● The winners and their parents  38  ● All members of Kyle’s team each take a 
attended a party.  copy of ​The Complete Sherlock Holmes 
● Then, the winners and Dr. Zinchenko  to read.  
walked across the street to the  ● Haley gets the clue “Crawled” 
library. 

11  ● The library and its architecture were  39  ● Kyle and his team realize something is 
described.   off about the ten statues of famous 
● Dr. Zinchenko explained some  authors.  
important information about their  ● Kyle’s team arranges to have a video 
library cards.  chat with Kyle’s brother, Curtis. 

12  ● The 12 winners played their first  40  ● Kyle’s team goes through the 
game.  Bibliomania game to find new clues and 
are unsuccessful.  
● Charles won and his prize was 
● Sierra left the team to help them find 
that he could stay in Mr.  more clues on the computer, and she 
Lemoncello’s private suite on the  found more numbers for them on the 
third floor.   ceiling. 

13  ● Dr. Zinchenko explained the floor  41  ● Kyle’s team figures out that they 
layout of the library.  should “look up.”  
● They lay on the floor and look up at 
● The kids played the next game in 
the Wonder Dome for the Dewey 
order to find dessert.   Decimal numbers...for all rooms except 
the 300s room. 

14  ● Kyle found the dessert, so he and  42  ● Andrew goes to the rotunda 
Akimi got to be the first ones  reading room to find Sierra 
 allowed in the electronic learning  Russell.  
center.  ● He steals her library card so 
● When they woke up the next  that he can get into community 
morning, they realized they were  meeting room B.  
still locked in the library. 
15  ● Mr. Lemoncello tells parents  43  ● Kyle’s team gets a new book from the 
about the escape game.   librarian called ​The Eleventh Hour.  
● The prize for the winner is that  ● They figured out that it may mean 
they will get what they need from the 
he/she will be featured in his 
300s room at 11:00AM. 
holiday promotions and 
commercials.  
16  ● Kyle and Akimi went to the board  44  ● Andrew gets caught using Sierra’s card 
game room and interpreted a  to steal information in community 
meeting room B.  
puzzle set by Mr. Lemoncello. 
● Andrew gets eliminated from the game 
● They learned that there are  and Haley switches to Kyle’s team. 
cameras recording them. 
17  ● Some of the winners chose to  45  ● Charles decides to remain a solo 
leave the library.  participant in the games and receives a 
bonus question he can ask Mr. 
● They learned ways they cannot 
Lemoncello as compensation for his 
exit the library.   lost teammates. 
● There are 3 hours left in the game. 

18  ● Akimi and Kyle formed an alliance  46  ● Charles has all of the clues he 
to win the game together.  needs but one.  
● Yasmeen was eliminated from the  ● He wants to use his Ask an 
 game.  Expert.  
19  ● Their plan to escape from the  47  ● Kyle’s team put together all of 
window next to the ceiling  their clues including Haley’s.  
doesn’t work.  ● Mr. Lemoncello came in at the 
● They then heard Haley screaming  end of the chapter and asked if 
and went to go check it out.   they wanted to play an extreme 
challenge.  
20  ● Charles goes looking for clues  48  ● Kyle decides to do the extreme 
while Kyle and his team go looking  challenge.  
for Haley.   ● Haley thinks she knows where he 
● Charles finds a clue in the  can find the item for the 
Johnny Unitas and Me ​book.   challenge.  
21  ● Kyle, Akimi, and Sierra go to help  49  ● Charles tells Mr. Lemoncello he 
Haley.   wants to use his Ask an Expert 
● They get a bonus clue from Mr.  lifeline.  
Lemoncello because they helped  ● The reader learns that Charles is 
her.  related to the head librarian of 
the Library of Congress in 
Washington D.C. 
22  ● Haley goes to the Nook Book  50  ● Kyle listens to Haley’s 
Cafe to brainstorm a way out of  instructions to get the box.  
the library.  ● He finishes the challenge...just in 
● She finds a clue there that leads  time?  
her to the Lemoncello-abilia 
 room. 
23  ● The clue given to Kyle’s team  51  ● Charles waits for Mr. Lemoncello 
leads them to find an ultimate  to find his uncle for the Ask an 
version of the Bibliomania game.  Expert lifeline.  
● Kyle’s team sees Miguel and 
Andrew getting a librarian 
consultation. 
 
24  ● Bridgette Wadge participated in  52  ● Kyle’s team realizes that the 
the extreme challenge.   first letter of each title that 
● She was eliminated from the  was on the back of their library 
game because she failed to win  cards is a puzzle. 
the challenge. 
25  ● Sierra gave her library card to  53  ● Haley shares her “bandits” clue 
Kyle and Akimi so that they could  with her team.  
enter the Young Adult Room.   ● There is one hour left in the 
● Andrew was upset with Mr.  game. 
Lemoncello because he did not 
receive a good clue.  
26  ● Andrew and Charles became a  54  ● Charles meets with his uncle and 
team.   gets the Dewey Decimal number 
● Kyle’s team went to play Let’s  he needs to find the book with 
Make a Deal with Mr. Lemoncello.  the next clue.  
● Charles is eliminated from the 
 game when he wrestles with Kyle 
to get the book, breaking Dr. Z’s 
most important rule.  
27  ● Sierra got a bonus card.   55  ● Kyle’s team finally solves the 
● Miguel joined Kyle’s team.  puzzle, and they end up back at 
the conveyor belt.  
● Kyle’s team must solve another 
puzzle for the trap door to open. 
28  ● Kyle’s team won 5 library cards  56  ● The last puzzle is found on the 
from Mr. Lemoncello.  basement window of the old 
● Charles’s team finds a clue, and  dress factory.  
Charles blackmails Haley into  ● Kyle’s team wins the game.  
joining his team.