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"The Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister, atmospheric novel following a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York's famed Met Cloisters. When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for...
Author
Series
Moffats volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The adventures of the Moffat children living in Cranbury, Connecticut in the early twentieth century as they create a museum, participate in their sister's wedding, and try to buy a trolley car.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A new short story collection from international literary star Gunnhild Øyehaug"--
"In this collection Øyehaug's short stories-- some one or two pages long-- converse with, contradict, and expand upon one another. Her stories revolt against the ordinary, reaching instead for the wonder to be found in fantasy and absurdity."--
8) Bellewether
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this complex and dangerous time, a young French Canadian lieutenant is captured and billeted with a Long Island family, an unwilling and unwelcome guest. As he begins to pitch in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. Slowly, Lydia Wilde comes to lean on Jean-Philippe,...
9) Museum trip
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, a boy imagines himself inside some of the exhibits when he goes on a field trip to a museum.
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Language
English
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Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox is famous for running elaborate and daring scams. His greatest con of all: convincing the FBI to team him up with the only person who has ever caught him, Special Agent Kate O'Hare. Together they'll go undercover to swindle and catch the world's most wanted and untouchable criminals. Their newest target is Carter Grove, a former White House chief of staff and the ruthless leader of a private...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever done: empty her childhood home so that it can be sold. As she sorts through a lifetime of memories, everything comes to a halt when she comes across something she just can't part with: an old set of encyclopedias. To the world, the books are outdated and ready to be recycled. To Jess, they represent love and the future that her mother always wanted...
12) The museum
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A young girl tours and twirls through museum galleries experiencing different emotions evoked by different styles of art, and then expresses her energy and inspiration when she finds an empty canvas.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"A painting has been stolen...! 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? Will Rami, with the help of his classmate, Veda, be able to solve the mystery? The clues...
17) Mossy
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mossy, a turtle with a garden growing on her shell, is taken from her home and new friend to become an exhibit in a museum, until the director's niece, Tory, notices how sad Mossy is and helps arrange for her to go home.
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hidden behind the masterpieces in the Met, there is another world: the hallways, offices, conservation studios, storerooms, and cafeterias that are home to the museum's devoted and peculiar staff of 2200 people, along with a few ghosts. This is a series of amusing and poignant vignettes that is an ode to the lives lived for art. It is a powerful collage of human experience and the world of the imagination.
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