By the time it was over, I felt like not a whole lot had happened, but it was more a lack of crazy plot twists and turns.
This is another book with an amazingly beautiful cover! Plus, the story was pretty good too.
Inspired by true events described in the author’s fascinating note, The Gallery is a 1920s caper told with humor and spunk that readers will love. Can Martha follow the clues, decipher the code, and solve the mystery of what’s really going on with Rose Sewell. But in a house filled with secrets, nothing is quite what it seems, and no one is who they say. The other servants say Rose is crazy, but scrappy, strong-willed Martha thinks there’s more to the story-and that the paintings in the Sewell’s gallery contain a hidden message detailing the truth. But, despite the Gatsby-like parties and trimmings of success, she suspects something might be deeply wrong in the household-specifically with Rose Sewell, the formerly vivacious lady of the house who now refuses to leave her room. "Riveting from start to finish.It’s 1929, and twelve-year-old Martha has no choice but to work as a maid in the New York City mansion of the wealthy Sewell family. Debuts this good are meant to be discovered." - SLJ Fuse 8 Blog "Uniquely readable, entirely charming, and a pleasure from start to finish. To solve the mystery, she'll have to abandon her hard-won self-reliance and build a community, one serendipitous friendship at a time. 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. 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. 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. 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. Frankweiler meets Chasing Vermeer in this clever middle grade debut
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