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Publication Date
May 06, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
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Description

Frida and her brother, Zac, have lived in seven countries in ten years. In fact, they've been travelling for so long that Frida has never considered herself from anywhere -- until they inherit their grandmother's house in Victoria, British Columbia.

Zac, always looking for money-making opportunities to fund their travels, is determined to sell everything in the house and expects Frida to help. Now they're up to their ears in family heirlooms, paintings of dead relatives, vintage paperclips, and ceramic animals.

As Frida explores the neighborhood, she meets a childhood friend of her grandmother's, a relentlessly friendly kid named Hazeem who has a knack for finding treasures in the many book-exchange boxes nearby, and a nosy antique dealer who takes an interest in her grandmother's stuff. A big, sneaking-around-trying-to-break-in-to-the-house kind of interest.

Is this strange neighbor looking for something specific? And will Frida and Hazeem figure it out before it's too late?

Publication date
May 06, 2023
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781770866942
Publisher
Dcb Young Readers
BISAC categories
JUV003000 - Juvenile Fiction | Art & Architecture
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
Library of Congress categories
Fiction
Grandmothers
Inheritance and succession
Juvenile works
British Columbia
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational
Heirlooms
Victoria (B.C.)
Victoria
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Canada /
Antique dealers

Kirkus

This satisfying tale winds its way through art history and neighborhood intrigue with a reflective, relatable protagonist at its core .... A subtle page-turner that captures the youthful search for a tangible concept of home.
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its nice a book i like