 | Strange thing happened in Cherry Hall (with TX Bluebonnet Logo) Author: Warga, Jasmine | |
| Price: $23.98 | ||
Summary:
When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: she looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. But how does her appearance connect to the theft? Agatha the turtle knows, she has been watching from the garden. But she can't exactly tell anyone, can she?
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.10 Points: 4.0 Quiz: 551440 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (08/01/24)
School Library Journal (+) (10/18/24)
Booklist (08/01/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/09/24)
The Hornbook (00/03/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/01/2024 During spring break of sixth grade, Rami feels isolated and unseen: his once-close friends have rejected him, and he wonders more and more about the father who abandoned him when he was two. Meanwhile, his mother's workplace, an art museum, has been rocked by the sudden, unexplained theft of a painting. Determined to solve the mystery and prove his worth, Rami finds himself face-to-face with what seems to be the ghost of a young girl who has forgotten her own identity. With the help of new friend Veda, Rami must make sense of the missing painting, the nameless girl, and his own feelings of loss. Warga's spare prose, sweet characters, and gentle narration offer early middle-graders an accessible, even poetic read, and while the mystery component is somewhat straightforward, this is a story concerned less with thrills and more with a sense of wonder. The budding relationship between reserved Rami and upbeat Veda is a highlight, nicely illustrating the power of affirming friendship in an uncertain period of life. A treat for bighearted, bookish sleuths. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
