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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 4–7—Before dying, Jack, Theodora's grandfather, whispers, "There's a letter… And a treasure" hidden "under the egg." After his passing, Theo could certainly use a treasure; her absentminded mother hides herself away on the top floor of their dilapidated Greenwich Village townhouse while the 13-year-old struggles to make ends meet with the $463 that Jack left. Hanging above the mantelpiece is one of her late grandfather's paintings which depicts a large egg. Could a tr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2014
With only $463 to her family's name, remarkably self-sufficient thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny wonders how she will support herself as well as her inattentive (possibly...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny wonders how she will support herself as well as her inattentive (possibly unwell?) mother after...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
