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Masterpiece

Elise Broach

2008288 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2008
first published
  • 2008Henry Holt and Co. · 292 pages · ENGISBN 9780805082708
  • 2009Thorndike Press · ENGISBN 9781410412447
  • 2010RaincoastISBN 9780312608705
  • 2010Scholastic · 288 pagesISBN 9780545241847
  • 2008Brand: Macmillan Young ListenersISBN 9781427205148

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.

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Plot intensityEventful

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Written forMiddle grade

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