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= The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt  = Bellairs, John __The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt__ Colin Craig __ Rating __ 4 Stars __ Summary __ __ The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt __ follows the somewhat nerdy kid, Johnny Dixon, in the 1950s. Johnny is a young boy whose parents are absent from his life, his mom being dead and his father being in Korea fighting the war. He is raised by his grandparents and his neighbor, Professor Childermass, who is like his mentor. Johnny gets obsessed with the missing will of the rich and mysterious Mr. Glomus after visiting his mansion and finding out there’s a $10,000 reward for whoever finds it.

Suddenly his life starts to fall apart; his grandmother gets a brain tumor and has to get treated immediately. The Professor sends him away to a Boy Scout camp to get away from this and Johnny ends up meeting a new friend and finds out more clues toward finding the will after meeting a strange man named Chad Glomus. Chad explains that the will is protected by a Guardian who is spawned by his supernatural dabbling grandfather. Chad then disappears unexpectedly. Johnny returns to find out his grandmother is doing well but, he notices that his grandparents are acting weird and fears they are lying. This suspicion is deepened by the fact that there’s an undertaker letter. Johnny, worried over this and the fact that his father has disappeared in Korea after being shot down, decides he needs to find the will to get the money to get a great surgeon to treat his grandmother and heads out back to the abandoned mansion to find the will. There are many supernatural forces there that would stop Johnny from finding the will. Will he find the will and save his grandmother and what happened to Chad? The answers await in this intense mystery. __ Review __ __ The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt __ is a very interesting book that quickly draws you in. At 118 pages it’s a pleasant, short read that keeps you on your toes and interests you every step of the way. While admittedly the “antagonist” is not very hard to figure out nor is the mystery itself very complex, Johnny’s search for the will is still suspenseful and many parts will make you invested into his search in the creepy mansion. The ending is a good one and a disappointing one at the same time but, you’ll still be happy you read in the end. I enjoyed it immensely that I was reading for hours, it does not get boring and there’s always action at each turn of the page.