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Fitzgerald, Laura Marx
2 Reviews
(2)
YA
Twelve-year-old Martha O'Doyle, a maid in the Sewell mansion, learns Mr. Sewell's dark secret: his formerly headstrong socialite wife is hidden on the mansion's top floor, apparently both physically and mentally ill. Fitzgerald's interest in art and history inform this puzzle of a novel, with Jane Eyre, Sacco and Vanzetti, the dying art of vaudeville, chemistry, and the 1929 stock market crashes all playing roles.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2016
(2)
4-6
Thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny wonders how she will support herself as well as her inattentive (possibly unwell?) mother after her grandfather's tragic death. His puzzling final words send her in search of what she believes to be a secret treasure, and she discovers what might be a lost masterpiece. Fitzgerald offers a gripping mystery with high stakes and a moving WWII historical context.
Reviewer: Shara Hardeson
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2014
2 reviews
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