However, n ot only the small details, but big questions like provenance and restitution of objects are part of this story, and discussed thoughtfully and accurately. For instance, Theo carries the painting around in a suitcase in the dead of summer, and I kept thinking she was going to damage it with the heat!! Thankfully, another character in the story addresses my concerns as well. In fact, a ll the elements I questioned in this storyline were answered or discussed.
Although I love museums, I'm always worried about books that feature them, because they rarely get the details right. I was as surprised as Theo about where this story, and especially the painting, led me. Under the Egg is smart, well-paced and -plotted.
In the process, Theo discovers new friends, and a side of her grandfather, and her beloved city, that she never knew existed. When Theo spills rubbing alcohol on the picture and discovers an old painting hidden beneath, she sets off to discover what it is and where it came from. He also told her one last message: he's left a treasure for her to find under the egg - a literal painting of an egg that sits over the mantle in his art studio. Her grandfather recently died leaving her with their family's two-hundred-year-old townhouse (that is falling apart), an unstable mother and very little cash. Theodora Tenpenny (Theo) is a thirteen year old girl with a lot of responsibility. Thankfully, I found this story to be both delightful and smart, a winning combination. Plus that cover is all kinds of adorable.
For that, I determined Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald was going to be a book for me. I don't read a lot of Middle Grade books, but I'm a huge fan of art themes, museums and the possibility of discovering priceless artifacts I never knew I had. 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 New York City, and introduces her to a side of the city-and her grandfather-that she never knew. There’s just one problem: her grandfather was a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Theo 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 Greenwich Village townhouse and support her unstable mother on her grandfather’s legacy of $463. Summary: When her Theodora Tenpenny spills a bottle of rubbing alcohol on her late grandfather’s painting, she discovers what seems to be an Old Master painting underneath.
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