From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets Chasing Vermeer in this clever middle grade debut
When Theodora Tenpenny spills a bottle of rubbing alcohol on her late grandfatherโs painting, she discovers what seems to be an old Renaissance masterpiece underneath. Thatโs great news for Theo, whoโs struggling to hang onto her familyโs two-hundred-year-old townhouse and support her unstable mother on her grandfatherโs legacy of $463. Thereโs just one problem: Theoโs grandfather was a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she worries the painting may be stolen.
With the help of some unusual new friends, Theo's search for answers takes her all around Manhattan, and introduces her to a side of the cityโand her grandfatherโthat she never knew. To solve the mystery, she'll have to abandon her hard-won self-reliance and build a community, one serendipitous friendship at a time.
9-12 แฌแแแก แแแแจแแแแแกแแแแก