Starry, Starry Heist

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Synopsis
Max Rose-Rodriguez has more important things to do than finishing sixth grade—like stopping the biggest art heist the universe has ever known.Sixth-grader Max has it rough between tormentors at school and his sick—ever-worsening—mom at home. But then DZ, a strange, tuxedoed man with one shoe, appears to Max from the future and divulges that Max&’s mother&’s fate is somehow entwined with that of Vincent van Gogh&’s The Starry Night. It&’s suddenly clear to Max that any problems he already had on his plate have just gotten bigger.DZ explains to Max that someone is after The Starry Night. . . and the thief is not bound by the usual laws of time and space.&“I have questions,&” Max tells DZ. But DZ can&’t offer too many specifics. What he can provide Max is a cryptic to-do list:Read The Future Time Traveler&’s Guide to the PastConsider the puffinsBeware the Wretch with obsidian eyes.Befriend Vincent van GoghAlthough he&’s skeptical, Max tries his very best. After all, he&’ll do anything to help his mom. But he soon discovers that The Future Time Traveler&’s Guide to the Past has never been published. And he&’s not exactly sure where he&’s going to find puffins in LA, let alone consider them. He has no idea what a Wretch is. And . . . befriend Vincent van Gogh? DZ is asking the impossible. Then, one afternoon at the library, Max spots her: Turquoise-haired Maybe Wells, dressed in blue from head to toe, spattered in paint, carrying a skateboard, and sporting a beautiful tattoo of puffins on her right shoulder. Max considers those puffins. And suddenly, achieving the impossible doesn&’t seem so farfetched anymore.In this quirky, clever, and arrestingly heartfelt adventure through time, readers will find themselves cheering for the underdog at every turn—whether that underdog is Max, Maybe, a picnic hippo named Thelma, or a certain post-impressionist who, in 1889, painted his most famous work under a twinkling night sky in Arles.
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
304 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780823462124
Related ISBNs:
9780823456444
Publisher:
Holiday House
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Karen Briner
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Grade Levels:
Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
Reading Age:
8–12
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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