Under The Egg

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 grandfather?? painting, she discovers what seems to be an old Renaissance masterpiece underneath. That?? great news for Theo, who?? struggling to hang onto her family?? two-hundred-year-old townhouse and support her unstable mother on her grandfather?? legacy of $463. There?? just one problem: Theo?? 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 city??nd her grandfather??hat 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. ??niquely readable, entirely charming, and a pleasure from start to finish. Debuts this good are meant to be discovered.????LJ Fuse 8 Blog ??iveting from start to finish.????ookPage

• | Author: Laura Marx Fitzgerald
• | Publisher: Rocky Pond Books
• | Publication Date: May 26, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0142427659
• | ISBN-13: 9780142427651