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Author:

Broach, Elise.

Title:

Masterpiece / Elise Broach ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Co.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Dürer, Albrecht,--1471-1528--Juvenile fiction.
Artists--Juvenile fiction.
Beetles--Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Art thefts--Juvenile fiction.
Families--New York--New York--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Durer, Albrecht,--1471-1528--Fiction.
Artists--Fiction.
Beetles--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Art thefts--Fiction.
Family life--New York--New York--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Dürer, Albrecht,--1471-1528.
Art thefts.
Artists.
Beetles.
Families.
Human-animal relationships.
New York (State)--New York.
Durer, Albrecht,--1471-1528--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Mystery and detective stories.
Mystery fiction--Juvenile.
Novels.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Mystery and detective stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.
Mystery fiction.

Other Authors:

Murphy, Kelly, 1977- illustrator.

Notes:

"Christy Ottaviano Books." Grades 3 - 5.

Contents:

A family emergency -- Down the drain -- The birthday party -- A present for James -- "It's remarkable!" -- A new kind of trouble -- "It could be a Durer" -- The temple of art -- The woman and the lion -- The woman and the sword -- Left behind -- In Christina's office -- To copy a copy -- Stealing Virtue -- Hitching a ride -- Too risky -- In the solarium -- Turtle-beetle battle -- Jame's problem -- The art of the fake -- More than a copy -- The fight -- A perfect crime -- Fate and Fortitude -- The middleman -- The secret journey -- Hidden Virtues -- Among thieves -- Hatching a plan -- With the help of a friend -- Breaking and entering -- A revelation -- Trapped -- Reunion -- The thief of Virtue -- Safe returns -- James's gift -- Masterpiece.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0312608705
9780312608705
0606146040
9780606146043
0805082700
9780805082708

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191005590

LCCN:

2007046938

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines) — Copies: 14