Best Art-Focused Reads for Middle Graders

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Best Art-Focused Reads for Middle Graders

Book: Chasing Vermeer

By Blue Balliett

A mystery, fantasy, and imaginative launch pad.

Review date: 7/12/2004

Age 9+

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Book: The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

By E. L. Konigsburg

Girl fights to save her uncles' artistic towers.

Review date: 9/7/2004

Age 9+

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Book: Lunch Money

By Andrew Clements

Delightful page-turner with rock-solid values.

Review date: 7/4/2005

Age 8+

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Book: Show Way

By Jacqueline Woodson

Beautiful story, from slavery to freedom.

Review date: 3/7/2006

Age 6+

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Book: Framed

By Frank Cottrell Boyce

Eccentric and enchanting kid art caper.

Review date: 1/28/2007

Age 9+

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Book: The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World

By E. L. Konigsburg

Brilliant writing for brilliant kids.

Review date: 1/6/2008

Age 10+

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Book: Masterpiece

By Elise Broach

Brilliant, suspenseful, satisfying art mystery.

Review date: 11/15/2008

Age 9+

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Book: The Ring of Rocamadour: The Red Blazer Girls, Bk. 1

By Michael D. Bell

Delightful girl sleuth story with puzzles.

Review date: 6/4/2009

Age 9+

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