Walls Within Walls

Perfect for tween readers who enjoy mysteries and puzzles and books like Chasing Vermeer, this page-turning debut novel is filled with adventure, intrigue, and heart.

After their father, a video-game inventor, strikes it rich, the Smithfork kids find they hate their new life. They move from their cozy Brooklyn neighborhood to a swanky apartment on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. They have no friends, a nanny who takes the place of their parents, and a school year looming ahead that promises to be miserable.

And then, one day, Brid, CJ, and Patrick discover an astonishing secret about their apartment: The original owner, the deceased multimillionaire Mr. Post, long ago turned the apartment itself into a giant puzzle containing a mysterious book and hidden panels--a puzzle that, with some luck, courage, and brainpower, will lead to discovering the Post family fortune.

Unraveling the mystery causes them to race through today's New York City--and to uncover some long-hidden secrets of the past.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Published: 09/14/2010
ISBN: 9780061767005
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.45h x 5.82w x 1.19d
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee
Award: Nene Award - Nominee
Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2010
Booklist 09/15/2010 pg. 66
School Library Journal 10/01/2010 pg. 126
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2010
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 83

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 141341 / Walls Within Walls
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 10