This book was really good! The story takes place just after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. All of the kids: Kiku, Joe, Madge, and Walt are at the Metropolitan Museum of New York. They learn that they have to find the Kelmsbury Manuscript missing pages. If they'll be able to find that and reunite the pages with the book- and not get caught- they can protect America from getting a second attack. Five unlikely friends. One big adventure. Mysteries and backstories. Courage. Magic. Will the friends be able to find all the pages and protect the US? You'll have to read the book to find out! A little like From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and so much adventure! Carol Goodman does such a good job, it'll keep you reading all night! Happy reading!
The Metropolitans
By Carol Goodman
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets The Apothecary in this time-bending mystery from bestselling author Carol Goodman!
The day Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, four thirteen-year-olds converge at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where an eccentric curator is seeking four uncommonly brave souls to track down the hidden pages of the Kelmsbury Manuscript, an ancient book of Arthurian legends that lies scattered within the museum's collection, and that holds the key to preventing a second attack on American soil.
When Madge, Joe, Kiku, and Walt agree to help, they have no idea that the Kelmsbury is already working its magic on them. But they begin to develop extraordinary powers and experience the feelings of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Morgan le Fay, and Lancelot: courage, friendship, love...and betrayal. Are they playing out a legend that's already been lived, over and over, across the ages? Or can the Metropolitans forge their own story?
The day Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, four thirteen-year-olds converge at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where an eccentric curator is seeking four uncommonly brave souls to track down the hidden pages of the Kelmsbury Manuscript, an ancient book of Arthurian legends that lies scattered within the museum's collection, and that holds the key to preventing a second attack on American soil.
When Madge, Joe, Kiku, and Walt agree to help, they have no idea that the Kelmsbury is already working its magic on them. But they begin to develop extraordinary powers and experience the feelings of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Morgan le Fay, and Lancelot: courage, friendship, love...and betrayal. Are they playing out a legend that's already been lived, over and over, across the ages? Or can the Metropolitans forge their own story?
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 9781101997680
ISBN-10: 1101997680
Published on 3/13/2018
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
