Under the Egg

Under the Egg

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<b><i>From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</i> meets <i>Chasing Vermeer</i> in this clever middle grade debut</b><br><br>When Theodora Tenpenny spills a bottle of rubbing alcohol on her late grandfather€s painting, she discovers what seems to be an old Renaissance masterpiece underneath. That€s great news for Theo, who€s struggling to hang onto her family€s two-hundred-year-old townhouse and support her unstable mother on her grandfather€s legacy of $463. There€s just one problem: Theo€s grandfather was a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she worries the painting may be stolen.<br><br>With the help of some unusual new friends, Theo's search for answers takes her all around Manhattan, and introduces her to a side of the city€"and her grandfather€"that she never knew. To solve the mystery, she'll have to abandon her hard-won self-reliance and build a community, one serendipitous friendship at a time.