A strange thing happened in Cherry Hall
(Playaway)

Title from Playaway label.

Release date supplied by publisher.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

Previously released by HarperCollins ℗2024.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

Read by Michael Crouch.

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Home comes an extraordinary story about two friends, a ghost, a missing painting, and a turtle named Agatha. The perfect next read for fans of The Swifts, Kate DiCamillo, and Erin Entrada Kelly. A painting has been stolen...! When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: She looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. But how does her appearance connect to the theft? Agatha the turtle knowsshe has been watching from the garden. But she can't exactly tell anyone ... can she? Will Rami, with the help of his classmate, Veda, be able to solve the mystery? The clues are all around them, but they'll have to be brave enough to really look. This is a whimsical, moving story about the universal desire to be seen and understood and how art can help us find connection, even when we are at our loneliest.

Grades 3 - 6.