Book: Framed

It's unlikely that a 12-year-old boy would be selected to be a consultant for the FBI (Of course, they wouldn't exactly advertise it, would they?), but Florian is different.  Florian has developed TOAST, a rather interesting way of analyzing and synthesizing observations.

I enjoyed how this book was constructed, and I appreciated the crafty word selection of the author.  Granted, Framed is just one of the TOAST mysteries, making it the first of a series.  Granted, I do not like series for the most part.  But this story was complete, and it never stopped moving forward.  I enjoyed this one from cover to cover.  I recommend Framed as a fun read.  It may even challenge the reader to think differently.

A description from the author's website:

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series.​

So you’re only halfway through your homework and the Director of the FBI keeps texting you for help…​

What do you do? Save your grade? Or save the country?​

If you’re Florian Bates, you figure out a way to do both.

​Florian is twelve years old and has just moved to Washington. He’s learning his way around using TOAST, which stands for the Theory of All Small Things. It’s a technique he invented to solve life’s little mysteries such as: where to sit on the on the first day of school, or which Chinese restaurant has the best egg rolls.​
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But when he teaches it to his new friend Margaret, they uncover a mystery that isn’t little. In fact, it’s HUGE, and it involves the National Gallery, the FBI, and a notorious crime syndicate known as EEL.