Murder At Midnight

 I am reading the book Murder at Midnight by Avi. The genre of this book is suspense, historical fiction, and mystery. This book is about a servant boy that is also an orphan named Fabrizoio. He is entirely dependent on the good will  of people like Sophia and her husband, Mangus the magician. Fabrizio does everything he can to impress his new master Mangus while Sophia is gone. Fabrizio was very fascinated by Mangus' magic shows, but they have to keep the magic shows secret because King Claudio banned magic in the town. If the King was to find out about the magic, Fabrizio and Mangus would be in big trouble. It was only later until Mangus and Fabrizio figured out they were being framed and Mangus was sentenced to jail. Fabrizio has to make him innocent, but how will he?

  I had a connection to Fabrizio because I have tried to impress my parents. When they needed help I was able to get the job done. I am also close to  his age in the book too. Later on, when I kept helping my parents out with everything, they really appreciated me just like how Mangus appreciated Fabrizio when he helped Mangus. Fabrizio did mess up sometimes when he working for Mangus in the beginning and I did too whenever my parents needed help with something.

 I recommend this book because it has a very great theme. The plot is also really easy to understand unlike other mystery books I have personally read. I really like how the character Fabrizio is very loyal and nice to his master even though he isn't well appreciated. This book made me want to read more mystery books like this. Even though I don't usually read mystery or suspenseful books, and this is by far my favorite book I've read. This book is full of surprises and makes you want to keep reading.