Julieta and the Diamond Enigma

By Luisana Duarte Armendáriz

Ebook

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets Merci Suarez in this smart young middle-grade mystery about a diamond gone missing from the Louvre and the sweet and spunky girl who cracks the case.

Nine-year-old Julieta is finally about to put a purple pin in her family’s world traveling map! She’s off to Paris to help her art-handler dad collect pieces for a new exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Sadly, they must leave Julieta’s very pregnant mother behind, but they’re sure they’ll be back before the baby is born.

Julieta sees the best of Paris: the Eiffel Tower, the Sacré-Cœur, and plenty of great art. But things go awry when she and her Dad walk in on a thief stealing the exhibit's most prized piece, the Regent Diamond—a priceless cursed diamond with a shady history.

As Julieta runs for help, she accidentally frees the thief instead! Now her Dad’s job is in danger and he’s become a suspect. They might not even get back to Boston in time for her brother to be born. Can Julieta determine who the thief really is before it’s too late?

Also available in Spanish as Julieta y el enigma del diamante!

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