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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2456 KP) rated Framed! in Books

Nov 19, 2025 (Updated Nov 19, 2025)  
Framed!
Framed!
James Ponti | 2016 | Children, Mystery
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Can Florian Solve an Art Heist?
Florian Bates and his family have just moved to Washington DC, where his parents have landed jobs at the National Gallery. Florian is building a friendship with his neighbor, Margaret, before they both start middle school. But when the National Gallery is robbed, they realize they might have some vital information. Can they use their observations to figure out the crime.

This book starts with an exciting scene near the climax before flashing us back to the beginning, a storytelling style I don’t like. And the book took a bit longer with the set up than I normally enjoy. Here, I did find watching Florian and Margaret build their friendship fun. The mystery itself is good with some nice developments before we reach the climax. I also enjoyed the homage to Sherlock Holmes in Florian’s ability to observe the small things. Readers of all ages will find the pages turning all too quickly. I’m hoping I can read the next two soon.
  
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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Apr 23, 2020  
"I feel that For Spacious Skies is the ultimate girl power book."

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**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
As a little girl growing up during the Civil War, Katharine Lee Bates grew up to become a poet, professor, and social activist. She not only wrote “America the Beautiful" but gave this anthem to America as a gift. A member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and a suffragist who stood up for a woman’s right to vote and lived to cast her ballot in presidential elections, Katharine believed in the power of words to make a difference. In "America the Beautiful," her vision of the nation as a great family, united from sea to shining sea, continues to uplift and inspire us all.