After 11-year-old James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin, a beetle, surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing. James gets all the credit for the picture and before these unlikely friends know it they are caught up in a staged art heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Illustrations.
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ISBN–13: 9780312608705
Publisher: Square Fish
Publication Date: Mar-2010
Pages: 292
Lexile Level: 0700
Ages: 09 - 12
BISAC Categories: Readers Chapter Books , Animals Insects, Spiders, etc. , Social Themes Friendship