Searching for A Starry Night
by Christine Verstraete
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Author: Christine VerstraeteEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-09-13
ISBN: 1590805798
Number of pages: 210
Publisher: Quake (a Division of Echelon Press)
Book Reviews of Searching for A Starry Night
Book Review: Wonderful Miniature Mystery
Summary: 5 Stars
What a Great Mystery!! I grew up reading Mysteries such as the Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys, I even remember reading the book Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan and I must say that the author Christine Verstraete has provided me & my daughters with a wonderful mystery that we shared together as I read to them before bedtime. Her book Searching For A Starry Night, is a great Mystery full of details that any miniaturist & non Miniaturist would enjoy (Young & Old).
We were totally wrapped up in this Great mystery. I even shared it with other friends of mine. Each character was well developed and the nights I read the story to my girls, they would not fall asleep until I stopped reading for the night and left the room because it was a story that captures and holds your attention (No matter your age). We felt that we were right there with the characters as they unraveled the mystery behind the missing dollhouse painting "The Starry Night".
Summary of Searching for A Starry Night
Samantha Ann Carlton would rather spend her summer vacation anywhere but a spooky old house in Wisconsin...like Lake Geneva! Somehow Sam knows it s going to take more than a couple days to find a missing painting no bigger than her hand.Maybe things won't be so bad, she thinks, since she gets to take a friend's lovable, nosy, and often mischievous Dachshund, Petey, and her best friend Lita. If they're lucky, the three of them can find the miniature replica of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and help Sam's mother get it to the museum, where it belongs.
But it's not going to be easy, Sam realizes, when she discovers that her own family has some spooky secrets. Then Petey digs up an ancient curse, and Sam fears her friendship with Lita is doomed.
Can she find the miniature masterpiece before it's too late? Will she and her best friend go home forever friends or enemies?
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