Friday, September 17, 2010

Mystery at the Art Institute

In the Art Institute of Chicago there is a special area called the Throne Rooms. Here miniature rooms furnished for different periods of history are displayed, Until Ruthie's class goes to the Art Institute for a field trip, she believes that nothing special will ever happen in her life. Ruthie is fascinated by the Throne Rooms and it is there that her life suddenly becomes very exciting. She and her best friend Jack find a magic key that shrinks them to just the right size to fit in the miniature rooms. When they enter a room the room expands to include a whole world based on the time period of the room. They meet people of those times and they learn of a mystery that can only be solved within the miniature worlds. Marianne Malone, an Illinois author, has created an amazing world full of mystery and adventure in her book The Sixty-Eight Rooms. It is currently available in the New Book Display area.

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