Elise Broach
Hardcover | Pages: 292 pages Rating: 3.92 | 7809 Users | 848 Reviews
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| Title | : | Masterpiece |
| Author | : | Elise Broach |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 292 pages |
| Published | : | September 30th 2008 by Henry Holt & Company (first published September 2008) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fiction. Art |
Description As Books Masterpiece
Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays’ apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy. After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing. James gets all the credit for the picture and before these unlikely friends know it they are caught up in a staged art heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that could help recover a famous drawing by Albrecht Dürer. But James can’t go through with the plan without Marvin’s help. And that’s where things get really complicated (and interesting!). This fast-paced mystery will have young readers on the edge of their seats as they root for boy and beetle.In Shakespeare’s Secret Elise Broach showed her keen ability to weave storytelling with history and suspense, and Masterpiece is yet another example of her talent. This time around it’s an irresistible miniature world, fascinating art history, all wrapped up in a special friendship— something for everyone to enjoy.
Masterpiece is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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| Original Title: | Masterpiece |
| ISBN: | 0805082700 (ISBN13: 9780805082708) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | E.B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers (2009), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2010), Iowa Children's Choice Award Nominee (2012), Bluestem Book Award Nominee (2016), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2012) |
Rating Regarding Books Masterpiece
Ratings: 3.92 From 7809 Users | 848 ReviewsNotice Regarding Books Masterpiece
From jacket flap: "Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays' apartment. He is very much a beetle. James lives with his mother, stepfather, and baby brother in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy. After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing. James gets all the credit for the picture, and before these unlikely friends know it, they're caught up in an art heist at the MetropolitanThe most important things in a friendship didn't have to be said out loud. Did you think that beetles were unpleasant little creatures whose only talent was to steal scraps of food, scare your mom and - supposedly - survive a nuclear apocalypse? Well, think again, because Marvin the beetle has one very special talent: he is an illustrator. That's right: he can draw miniatures with incredible talent, and this unusual ability will catapult him and his human friend James into an incredible
Masterpiece is about a boy, a beetle, and an art mystery. That's a pretty strange plot for a book, but it works out well in this story, which is very enjoyable and the pace keeps you reading until the end. Marvin the beetle lives with his family in the Pompadays' apartment. When James, the young boy who lives there, gets a pen and ink set for his birthday, Marvin stumbles upon it one night and makes an unusually good, detailed drawing. James finds out it was Marvin, and they strike up a unique
What I liked about the story was the sweet relationship between the boy and the beetle. There were a few parts of the story we got into but a lot of it we read just to get it done.
If I were leaning toward recommending to a child a mystery/unlikely friendship story that also features a healthy dose of art history, I will allow my eyes to scan a few shelves past 'J Fic Balliett' and go for this one instead. It's a difficult premise to pull off--a beetle the size of a grain of rice befriends an 11-year old boy and they are both drawn into an art-theft intrigue involving Albrecht Durer (sorry for the missing umlaut)--and the author does it charmingly. I only wish that Durer
E.B. White, George Selden. Sophisticated little animals. Manhattanites of yesteryear, with their glib savoir faire and urban obtuseness. Witty, well-chosen language. Its counterintuitive that it still sells. Stuart Little and The Cricket in Times Square still do, thankfully. People just wont give up on literate, if retrograde, childrens literature, because reading it, particularly reading it aloud, remains such a delight.Masterpiece could have been published 50 years ago with hardly a raised
Cute story from the perspective of a beetle. Imagines his life in the kitchen cabinet of a New York apartment, and his friend with the boy who lives there. Turns out, Marvin (our beetle friend) is a fabulous artist, skillful enough to imitate the greats. Thus begins an art theft adventure, with Marvin venturing further from his home than ever before.Old-fashioned (includes some illustrations), cool art element, appeals to lovers of the borrowers. Engaging, nonthreatening and sweet. Worth
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