Masterpiece

Bibliographic Information: Broach, E. (2008). Masterpiece. New York, New York. Henry Holt & Company.
Annotation: This is a story of a young boy and his artistic beetle that lives within his apartment building. After Marvin, the beetle creates a mini drawing on a sheet of paper the unlikely two are caught up in an art heist at the Met. With each other’s help they may be able to solve the mystery of who took the stolen piece of art.
Genre: Fiction. Mystery Novel.
Grade Level: 3-6.
Readers who would enjoy this: I believe that readers that would most enjoy this are students that enjoy mystery, strange friends, and art.
Rating/Response: 2 – The story started out extremely interesting to me but I lost interest. I think that the author should have chosen another character rather than a beetle. It had an initial good story line, part in why I chose to read it but it soon became boring.
Question: Have you ever known an animal to draw? Have you ever been to an art museum?