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This was an interesting middle grade mystery that also introduces the art world.

I‘m definitely not the target audience for this #middlegrade mystery anymore, but it‘s reminding me of what I expected (but didn‘t get) from The Mysterious Benedict Society. Awkwardly brilliant kids, adults behaving suspiciously, a saintly teacher figure, puzzles to solve, lots of library research, and featured art facts. Plus it‘s about 200 pages shorter than TMBS, which is a major selling point for me.

A fun Da Vinci Code type mystery for middle grade. A Vermeer goes missing in order to bring attention to the true artist. A series of coincidences bring two 6th graders together to interpret codes, patterns and a persistent gut feeling. #middlegrade #bookspin for February done! @TheAromaofBooks

Since Vermeer is one of my favorite artists, I thought this was appropriate to start my #middlegrade #bookspin with! If you liked The Westing Game as a kid, don't miss this one! A fun mystery so far! @TheAromaofBooks

Ugh. Rarely do I dislike a book so much. We're all the "clues" just the characters random guesses. What a disappoint.

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I read this book with my nieces and we LOVED it! It was very suspenseful and a great mystery. Can't wait to read the next one! 😍📚

Reading this fun book on my road trip with my nieces. We're enjoying it!

I think I enjoyed this more the first time I read it (October 2004). Still my favorite aspect is the University of Chicago/Hyde Park setting, where I grew up. I reread this with the aim of refreshing before reading the third book in the series, maybe later this year. [I don‘t remember liking the second as much—I‘ll skip it.]

Day 6: Duologies, Trilogies, & More—I couldn't capture all of my series; so, we'll have to settle for a fair representation.

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@JoScho it came it came!!!! Thank you so much again!!!! I can‘t tell you enough how wonderful you are! This looks like a good book by the way. I have never heard of it!

Last night my nieces and I started this book for our book club. They took turns reading it to me. I love that they are both old enough (7 and 10) to read aloud now! This book and fun so far!

Finished this middle grade read and I must say I think it‘s great to encourage kids in thinking and mysteries. I saw some reviews from adults about hating this which I think is a little unfair. I would have loved a mystery book like this when I was younger. The ending is slightly underwhelming but I still enjoyed it overall as an adult.
It also makes me consider artwork more. Hopefully that goes for kids too!

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In the book, the #painting “A Lady Writing” is stolen on its way from the National Gallery of #Art in DC to Chicago.
My daughter and I spent a lot of time at the National Gallery when she was little. This #portrait was like a celebrity among the kids when the book came out.

#riotgrams #childhoodreads
I read this book to death. A middle grade art theft mystery with clue-filled illustrations by Brett Helquist was basically the 9-year-old Lauren's heaven.

"What was art anyway? The more she thought about it the stranger it seemed. What made an invented object special? Why were some man made things pleasing and others not? What made certain objects land in museums and others in the trash?" -Petra.
Art, patterns, codes, mysteries, looking but not seeing-intriguing!

I just read 8 books in 4 days! Spring break for the Reading Addict. Vermeer is up next by same author of Hold Fast.

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I've posted my love of this book before and I'm going to do it again because I especially love my #signed copy by both author and illustrator.

This was a cute middle grade mystery book that vaguely reminded me of Dirk Gently. Everything's connected!
I read it in one day.

I needed something lively on audio to get me round the shops without hitting total despair. This seemed like the thing.

So far we have a couple of clever, awkward pre-teens, an awesome teacher and some mysterious letters. And a bookshop.

Art related books. A fantastic, smart middle grade read about a mystery involving a Vermeer painting. I loved everything about it. Of course after reading this I had to read about Vermeer himself. When I was living in NYC I had the opportunity to see Vermeer's entire collection at the Met.
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Day 46: "Do not be afraid to go against what you were taught, or what you were told to see or believe." #180lookswithbooks shoes by #tahari tights from #modcloth

This is such a fun and interesting book filled with puzzles and decoding messages.