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A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

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Category: Signed Books

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From the bestselling, award-winning author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Home comes an extraordinary story about two friends, a ghost, a missing painting, and a turtle named Agatha. 

A painting has been stolen…!

When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: she looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. But how does her appearance connect to the theft?

Agatha the turtle knows—she has been watching from the garden. But she can’t exactly tell anyone…can she?

Will Rami, with the help of his classmate, Veda, be able to solve the mystery? The clues are all around them, but they’ll have to be brave enough to really look.

This is a whimsical, moving story about the universal desire to be seen and understood and how art can help us find connection, even when we are at our loneliest.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Sofia ★★★★★

My 9-year-old finished this in two sittings, which never happens. The ghost and missing painting mystery kept her guessing, and the bookplate inside the cover made it feel extra special.

David ★★★★★

The signed bookplate is such a nice touch for my daughter's shelf, and she's already read it twice since it arrived. The ghost mystery kept her guessing, though she did say the middle dragged a little before the painting clues came together.

Stella ★★★★★

I'd been waiting for a new middle-grade story that actually respects its readers, and this one delivers — the mystery unfolds at just the right pace. The signed bookplate was a thoughtful touch, though I mostly just tore through the chapters on a rainy weekend.