{"product_id":"moxie-and-the-art-of-rule-breaking-isbn-9780142426142","title":"Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking","description":"“How could you say no to a book that's described as ‘for fans of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Westing Game\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e?”—The Atlantic Wire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoxie Fleece knows the rules and follows them--that is, until the day she opens her front door to a mysterious stranger. Suddenly Moxie is involved in Boston's biggest unsolved mystery: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Moxie has two weeks to find the art, otherwise she and the people she loves will be in big-time danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer tools? Her best friend, Ollie, a geocaching addict who loves to find stuff; her Alzheimer's suffering grandfather, Grumps, who knows lots more than he lets on; and a geometry proof that she sets up to sort out the clues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a race against the clock through downtown Boston as Moxie and Ollie break every rule she's ever lived by to find the art and save her family.\u003c\/p\u003e“…the believable dialogue and characters, complicated family dynamics, and threat of danger make this mystery hard to put down.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Plot and character drive this lively book . . . Fans of Blue Balliett’s \u003ci\u003eChasing Vermeer \u003c\/i\u003ewill appreciate the similarities: using math to solve real-life dilemmas, depending on a best friend when times are rough, and learning that urban centers are rich in history, culture, and crime.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This fast-paced, \u003ci\u003eNational Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e–style mystery puts an imaginative spin on the real story behind the infamous theft of several masterpieces from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum . . . Moxie narrates the breathless, action-packed tale in a humorous first person, maintaining the suspense almost to the end.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“. . . readers will . . . get caught up in the breathless thrill-ride.”—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003eErin Dionne is the author of \u003ci\u003eModels Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNotes from an Accidental Band Geek\u003c\/i\u003e. She broke her share of rules as a kid, and has always been fascinated with real-life mysteries. When not writing about the miseries, mysteries, and magic of middle school, or teaching Liberal Arts at a small college north of Boston, Erin catches Red Sox games and rocks out to local Boston bands. She lives with her husband and two children in Framingham, Massachusetts.","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301505618149,"sku":"NP9780142426142","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142426142.jpg?v=1767733030","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/moxie-and-the-art-of-rule-breaking-isbn-9780142426142","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}