Books with author Maria Malone

Filled with magic, mystery, miniatures, and adventure, the Sixty-Eight Rooms is the perfect series for fans of Chasing Vermeer, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and The Dollpeople! Chicago sixth graders Ruthie and Jack think they’ve learned everything about the magic of the Art Institute’s Thorne Rooms. But the magic starts to act strangely when Ruthie and Jack discover two rings that are out of place—and out of time—and a portal that shouldn’t be open but somehow is. Ruthie and Jack follow the clues to seventeenth-century England and the Brownlow house, where they meet the Brownlow’s governess, Rebecca. But Rebecca has a few secrets of her own—and she might even be in the wrong century! Can Ruthie and Jack discover the truth about Rebecca’s mysterious past, or will they end up stuck in the wrong century themselves? Their quest for answers takes them from 1930s New York City and San Francisco to turn-of-the-century China. The only one who can truly answer their questions may be the woman who started it all: the room’s creator, Narcissa Thorne. But to talk to Mrs. Thorne, they’ll have to go back in time and find her! Unlock the magic . . . in the exciting conclusion to the Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures!

Filled with magic, mystery, miniatures, and adventure, the Sixty-Eight Rooms is the perfect series for fans of Chasing Vermeer, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and The Dollpeople! Chicago sixth graders Ruthie and Jack think they’ve learned everything about the magic of the Art Institute’s Thorne Rooms. But the magic starts to act strangely when Ruthie and Jack discover two rings that are out of place—and out of time—and a portal that shouldn’t be open but somehow is. Ruthie and Jack follow the clues to seventeenth-century England and the Brownlow house, where they meet the Brownlow’s governess, Rebecca. But Rebecca has a few secrets of her own—and she might even be in the wrong century! Can Ruthie and Jack discover the truth about Rebecca’s mysterious past, or will they end up stuck in the wrong century themselves? Their quest for answers takes them from 1930s New York City and San Francisco to turn-of-the-century China. The only one who can truly answer their questions may be the woman who started it all: the room’s creator, Narcissa Thorne. But to talk to Mrs. Thorne, they’ll have to go back in time and find her! Unlock the magic . . . in the exciting conclusion to the Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures!

This bildungsroman which is part comedy of manners, part culture clash romcom, follows Sophie Rosenbaum, a 21-year old former child prodigy and now Harvard dropout, who wants to prove to her family that she's "okay." Her plan: become independent from her well-meaning but smothering family by interning at Bergstrom & Bergstrom PR, which coincidentally ran her stepfather's gubernatorial campaign. What she didn't plan on is the plot twist who walks into her life (or rather, her psychotherapist brother's waiting room) in the person of Anton Akhmerov, more popularly known as The Russian Bad Boy of Tennis.Anton Akhmerov, five-time Grand Slam tennis champion (except for Wimbledon, which continues to elude him), seems to have everything — money, fame, and a supermodel girlfriend — except his ranking has fallen to 200 after a shoulder injury. The only thing he cares about is becoming number one again, but getting back on top seems not only difficult, but impossible, what with his temper and racket breaking problem. His manager tries everything to help him get his head on straight: first there's psychotherapy, and then there's his new PR assistant Sophie, who thinks he's nothing more than a self-conceited jock.They might be from different worlds, but as their paths cross, they find their lives inevitably changing in new and unexpected ways.Book 1 of a new adult culture clash romantic comedy series written in a multi-POV he-said she-said style with the main protagonists and minor characters alternately telling their side of the story.

In the conclusion to the Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures, sixth-graders Ruthie and Jack discover two out-of-place magical rings in the Art Institute of Chicago's Thorne Rooms as well as an open portal leading them to 17th-century England, where they meet a secretive governess while tracking down clues in multiple time periods and world regions to where the rings originated and why the portal was open in the first place. Simultaneous eBook.

Ruthie thinks nothing exciting will ever happen to her until her sixth-grade class visits the Art Institute of Chicago, where she and her best friend Jack discover a magic key that shrinks them to the size of gerbils and allows them to explore the ThorneRooms--the collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms from various time periods and places--and discover their secrets.

In the conclusion to the Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures, sixth-graders Ruthie and Jack discover two out-of-place magical rings in the Art Institute of Chicago's Thorne Rooms as well as an open portal leading them to 17th-century England, where they meet a secretive governess while tracking down clues in multiple time periods and world regions to where the rings originated and why the portal was open in the first place. Simultaneous eBook.