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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2015 | Middle Grade
Gr 5–8—Aiming to do for art history what Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson" series (Disney-Hyperion) has done for Greek mythology, Vance's novel follows its 12-year-old protagonist, a budding artist named Claudia Miravista, into a world where famous artists and art iconography come to life as dynamic, idiosyncratic characters. When she unexpectedly spots a living boy, Pim, peering out from the background of a painting at the local museum, Claudia is unexpec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
On her sixth-grade class trip to a museum, lonesome, art-loving Claudia Miravista befriends a boy trapped by a witch in the world of oil pai...Log In or Sign Up to Read More