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It took me a while to get into this book. It was different than what I expected. I found the ending unsatisfying, and even though the story is set in present day it felt like it was taking place in the past (1960s maybe?). As I read the book it became clear why the book couldn't be set in the pas...
Theodora (Theo) Tenpenny's grandfather, a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a painter, has recently died. This leaves Theo to care for her reclusive, eccentric mother and their ramshackle New York City home with only $463. Her only hope of not losing her home, and ending up in f...
Reading 'Under the Egg' I had to check once in awhile to see that this was a middle-grade book. Because at really no point did it feel like was reading something middle-grade but something beautifully profound for all ages. Theo has been making her way through life after the death of her grandfat...
An engaging mystery with a couple of strong girl characters leading the way - love that one of them is "weird" in that she isn't your average young lady living in NYC, but cans and preserves from their garden, repurposes items she finds at home (and around town), has no TV or cell phone, and doesn't...
I really liked this book. It was an interesting story, or I should say, multiple stories. Since the whole under the egg is one, the painting makes two, the war makes three and finding out if her grandpa was a criminal is four. There were a few things I didn't like or found strange:-The fact she call...
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