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Missing Persons: The Chocolate
Lover M. E. Rabb Penguin Group © 2004 |
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again Sam and Sophie are on the run, but they are on another case. After Sophie
came home from her first day of tenth grade she had made a new friend and
thought she had found some more relatives. Their assumed relatives were giving a
lecture on the Jewish religion and Holocaust paintings.
After the lecture Sophie, Sam, Colin, and Mackenzie got to meet the
"relatives." Leo and Josh were the assumed relatives, Uncle Leo, and Cousin
Josh, who had a crush on Sam. Leo asked if Sophie and Sam would be able to find
his lost love from the Holocaust, Ruth. Sophie and Sam were not sure if they
would be able to find someone who had been missing for over fifty years. They
brought it up with their manager, Gus, who wasn't very happy about taking the
case. They took it anyway, and Sam went on a lot of dates with Josh to find out
more about his Uncle Leo, Ruth, and the painting.
The painting that Ruth had owned was called Lovers in the City, and
had supposedly caused Ruth a lot of trouble. The painting was done by Ivan
Sebrid and was located at a pretty popular museum. The painting was supposed to
by signed by Ivan Sebrid, dated, and presented to Ruth's family. They distracted
the guard and took the painting off of the wall. There was nothing on the back,
not even a mark, just yellowing canvas.
Sophie's friend Mackenzie, had a friend that worked with and repaired
paintings. She gave Sophie and Mackenzie some equipment that would show Ivan
Sebrid's signature on the back. About a week later Sophie and Colin broke into
the museum, with the equipment to examine the painting.
There it was right in front of them, the signature that would go against
the "owner" of the painting. Sophie and Colin almost got caught, but escaped
with their evidence. They told Sam and Gus about the evidence, and Gus and Sam
told Sophie they were going on a trip to Chicago to interview some of Ruth's
friends.
I really enjoyed the book because it was full of risk, adventure, love,
romance, and friendship. I would recommend this book for middle school students.
~ Ashley Aldan, grade 6, Boardman Center Middle School