ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT EERIE (THE MISADVENTURES OF EDGAR & ALLAN POE #2) - Gordon McAlpine

The sequel to McAlpine's The Tell-Tale Start finds the single-minded twins, Edgar and Allan Poe (the great-great-great-great grandnephews of the legendary writer) in New Orleans, where they find themselves with roles in a film about their famous ancestor.  With their evil nemesis, Professor Perry, in hiding from the law, the boys think all is well ... but don't count on the mad professor's daughter, posing as a crew member, with her own plans for the dynamic duo.  With the help of their clever cat Roderick, as well as a set of twin girls - Em and Milly Dickinson, descendants of the famous poet who are as quirky in their own right as the Poe boys - Edgar and Allan aid a pair of ghosts, hunt for buried treasure, and go undercover at a cheesy, low-budget Wizard of Oz theme park in order to escape the clutches of evil - in a smart, funny, nicely-done (and simply, beautifully illustrated by Sam Zuppardi) sequel very nearly as good as the original.  ****