The Sixty-Eight Rooms
Feb 2010 · The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures Book 1 · Random House Books for Young Readers
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Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the Children’s Galleries of the Chicago Art Institute, they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms made in the 1930s by Mrs. James Ward Thorne. Each of the 68 rooms is designed in the style of a different historic period, and every detail is perfect, from the knobs on the doors to the candles in the candlesticks. Some might even say, the rooms are magic.
Imagine—what if you discovered a key that allowed you to shrink so that you were small enough to sneak inside and explore the rooms’ secrets? What if you discovered that others had done so before you? And that someone had left something important behind?
Fans of Chasing Vermeer, The Doll People, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler will be swept up in the magic of this exciting art adventure!
Imagine—what if you discovered a key that allowed you to shrink so that you were small enough to sneak inside and explore the rooms’ secrets? What if you discovered that others had done so before you? And that someone had left something important behind?
Fans of Chasing Vermeer, The Doll People, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler will be swept up in the magic of this exciting art adventure!
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March 25, 2010
fans of Blue Balliet's books CHASING VERMEER and the WRIGHT 3 will enjoy this fantasy that takes place in the Chicago Art Institute's Thorne Miniatures Room. Friends Ruthie and Jack find that with the help of a magic key they are able to shrink in size and enter these rooms. They discover a number of things about history and encounter some interesting residents of past time. This is an admirable first novel. Readers will want to visit the Chicago Art Institute and the Thorne Room after reading this book.
Everlena Jackson
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March 2, 2013
This book has a magical enchantment on the reader and will make you want to read more and more. When it's finally over, you still want more!!:)
Meagan McDonald
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July 4, 2014
Can't stop reading this book. I ❤it so much:)
About the author
Marianne Malone is the cofounder of the Campus School Middle School for Girls in Urbana, Illinois. She and her husband divide their time between Urbana and Washington, D.C. For Teacher's Guides (including common core tie-ins) and more, visit MarianneMalone.com.
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