Broach, Elise.

Masterpiece / Elise Broach ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy. - 292 p. : ill ; 22 cm.

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, October 2008. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Pub Weekly, August 2008. Booklist, September 2008. Horn Book, November 2008. Kirkus Review, August 2008. Library Media Connection, May 2009.

After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

5.3. 5-8. 700 Lexile. U Fountas.

9780805082708 (trade : alk. paper) 0805082700 (trade : alk. paper)

2007046938


Durer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 --Juvenile fiction.
Durer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 --Fiction.


Artists--Juvenile fiction.
Beetles--Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Art thefts--Juvenile fiction.
Families--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile fiction.
Artists--Fiction.
Art thefts--Fiction.
Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Beetles--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Theft--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.


New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.


Mystery fiction.

PZ7.B78083 / Mas 2008

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