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Theft of the Ruby Lotus

by Sayantani DasGupta Publisher: SCHOLASTIC

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A ruby, a museum, and a question of ownership

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A ruby, a museum, and a question of ownership

When a possible ruby arrives in the mail, Ria Bailey and her friends follow its significance through the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York City, while mysterious strangers track their movements. The treasure hunt gives the adventure a heist framework, while the museum and the city’s immigrant families connect it to broader questions: where art belongs, who has the right to keep it, and what it means to be on display. The story brings those ideas into a friendship-led mystery, with the ruby’s possible link to troubling changes in Ria’s life driving the investigation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers ages 9–12 who enjoy mysteries and adventure.
  • For readers interested in art, museums, and questions of cultural ownership.
  • For readers who like stories centered on close-knit groups of friends and New York City.

Themes

Art and cultural ownershipFriendshipImmigrant familiesIdentity and visibilityMystery and adventure

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Book overview

"A delightful mystery that keeps you guessing until the final page. With a twisty plot, big laughs, and an irresistible narrator, it's a winner in every sense." -JAMES PONTI, New York Times bestselling author of City Spies and The Sherlock Society

 

Ria Bailey finds herself in quite a fix, and it's all because of a strange treasure that turns up in the mail one fateful day. It might be a ruby, and it just might hold the key to some troubling developments in her life. Most importantly, if she and her besties Miracle Owusu and Annie Hernandez can trace the significance and stay one step ahead of the mysterious strangers tracking their moves through the Metropolitan Museum of Art and out into the city streets of New York, then just maybe Ria can turn things around for herself.

 

Sayantani DasGupta returns in rare form with a brand new story that's part love letter to the Metropolitan Museum and New York City immigrant families, part twisting and turning heist, and completely an examination of where art belongs, who gets to keep it, and what it means to be on display.

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