Nancy Keane's Booktalks -- Quick and Simple

Google Custom Search
Broach, Elise.
MASTERPIECE
New York : Holt/Christy Ottaviano Books, 2008
IL 4-8. RL 5.3
ISBN 0805082700
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews
 A boy (James) – a beetle (Marvin) and an art theft. These ingredients combine to produce a masterpiece of mystery. James and Marvin become friends and when Marvin uses James’ ink set to create a miniature masterpiece in the style of Dürer for James birthday, the two friends become embroiled in an art mystery. James, wanting to impress his father, claims he created Marvin’s art work. Excited, James’ Dad then wants James to create a forgery to trap an art thief. Will the beetle help the boy? Will the thief be trapped? Will James win his father’s approval? Read the Masterpiece to discover the answers to these questions!  (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award nominee, 2011)
SUBJECTS:     Artists -- Fiction.
                        Beetles -- Fiction.
                        Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
                        Art thefts -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
                        Durer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 -- Fiction.
                        New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
                        Mystery and detective stories.

 
Main Page ** Author List ** Title List ** New This Month ** Interest Level ** Subject List ** FAQ's ** Contributors ** Booktalking Tips **Book Review Sources ** Reading lists ** Reading lists ** Awards **Nancy Keane's Children's Website ** nancy@nancykeane.com
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License