From School Library Journal
Grade 7β10βEmily the Strange, evil genius and skateboarder extraordinaire, has invented many things in her timeβgolems, working cat translators, great names for bands. But the duplication device may have been a mistake, especially when an accident produces an identical Emily. At first OtherMe is cool and useful, but it quickly becomes apparent that she is evil and will take over the world if not stopped. Emily's second journal, a sequel to The Lost Days (HarperCollins, 2009), is a dark delight, filled with all kinds of Strangeness: a broken leg, a Strange Manifesto that causes the entire town to go loony, an ex-spymaster neighbor, and an oddly understanding and absurdly patient mother, all described with demented wit and great relish, and accompanied by manga-style black-and-white cartoons. Does it all make sense? No, not really. Does it matter? Not at all. Fans of the first book and newcomers alike will thoroughly enjoy the zaniness and clamor for more.βMara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library
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In The Lost Days (2009), Emily the Strange wakes up with a nasty case of amnesia and canβt remember who she is. Now, she has managed to clone herself and canβt tell which is the real her or, more importantly, which clone is evil. The book dresses up teen-identity issues in midnight-black humor and piles on so much persistent weirdness that oddball outsiders, goths in training, and other subversive types will find themselves positively smirking with glee. The diary-entry presentationβcrammed full of lists, doodles, and staged dialogueβmakes for a frenzied read, which will suit fans just fine. Grades 7-10. --Ian Chipman