Book of the Day: The Sixty-eight Rooms

The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Have you ever been so enthralled by something, a book, a movie, a piece of artwork; that it magic pulls you in, you can imagine yourself living inside it, as a character in the story?  Ruthie has experienced the same thing.  She is generally disappointed in her boring life, her small, nothing special apartment, her cramped, shared bedroom, and herself.  On a school field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago she finally sees something special.  The Thorne Rooms, a set of 68 miniature rooms set into the walls of the exhibit.  She is amazed by the miniature furniture and dreams of what her life would be like if only she could live in rooms like these.  After Ruthie and her best friend Jack find a mysterious key, their combined curiosity; his for an adventure and hers to study the rooms further; take them to places they never dreamed possible.  Will they find answers in the rooms, will they be able to avoid being seen and thrown out of the museum?  Read the Sixty-eight Rooms and allow yourself to be pulled into the magic of the Thorne Rooms. Compare with The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.



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