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Masterpiece

by Elise Broach

An unlikely friendship meets an art mystery

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AlbakiReads Editorial

An unlikely friendship meets an art mystery

Marvin, a beetle living beneath the kitchen sink, and James, an eleven-year-old New Yorker, form an unexpected creative partnership after Marvin makes a miniature drawing with James’s new art supplies. When James receives credit for it, the pair are drawn into a staged heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, connected to the effort to recover a famous drawing. Art and friendship anchor this middle-grade mystery, whose unusual collaborators bring a small-scale act of creation into a much larger museum intrigue.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Middle-grade readers interested in mysteries involving art and museums
  • Readers who enjoy stories about unusual friendships
  • Young readers drawn to imaginative animal-and-child pairings

Themes

Art and creativityFriendshipCredit and recognitionMystery and stolen art

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Book overview

A New York Times bestselling middle grade mystery novel full of adventure, friendship, and stolen art.

Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays' apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy. After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing. James gets all the credit for the picture and before these unlikely friends know it they are caught up in a staged art heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that could help recover a famous drawing by Albrecht D

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