Claudia and the Mystery at the Museum

[Penny Lane]

That's mean! The money in the fountains goes to charity! Don't do it. (also, it might make peoples wishes not come true )

[aln1982]

^ I didn't keep it. Just dug it out so I could throw it back in. (I was like 4 years old, too. ;D)

[Penny Lane]

Oh good. Plus it skeezes me out thinking of how people spit in those fountains.

[aln1982]

^ That is totally gross. ;D We used to go to Disney with a guy (a whole group of us from the shows would go together and there were quite a .... variety ;D of people and this guy was very.... interesting for lack of a better word ;D) who would spit in Small World. So disgusting!

[greer]

well, on cops it was homeless people in las vegas who were doing it.

russian men spit ALL THE TIME.

[Amalia]

^ My brother spits in his room, onto the floor because he is too lazy to get up to go to the bathroom sink to do it. (I kid you not).

[Penny Lane]

When I was in high school, some of the guys that I knew for, like, ever, started chewing and in one class I sat next to the window and they would ask me to toss their spit cups out for them! I was like "um, ew, no" But one time I did, and I accidentally knocked a bible out of the window at the same time and it fell down and hit the window under us, plus the window under that -- which belonged to the Assistant Principal. We all feigned ignorance and he went up to yell at the class above us. But that was the last time. And YUCK.

[aln1982]

^ That is really disgusting. Chewing is even grosser yet. We usued to have to show under a judge who would chew tobacco and spit it the entire class - even when talking to the kids. It was disgusting....

[greer]

chewing tobacco is so disgusting!

[toshemeup]

I really like the cover line on this book. "What kind of crook would steal art?"

Is it that unbelievable that thieves target art? The way it's italicized makes it seem like Ann just made this up for the purposes of the book, no one has ever stolen from a museum before.

And who are the kids on the cover? Neither one looks like the Arnold twins, who are at the museum with Claud. I assume one is Corrie Addison, but I don't know which one (I don't know what she looks like and if she's older or younger than the twins.)

[greer]

I always assumed that the girl in the pink leggings and green sweatshirt was Corrie.

[supprazz]

I love claudia's outfit on the cover, especially the pink leggings with the ballet shoes.

I thought it was unsafe how Claudia was in the news at the end of catching the thief, cause it could put her in danger, but I would have loved to see her kimono.

[Kylie90210]

I assumed the cover was Claud, Corrie and Marilyn.

This mystery was pretty lame, but I didn't hate it. I thought it was pretty unrealistic Don Newman left his own party, to follow Claud because it was fun. Seriously? The whole time I was reading this, I thought the two coloured eyed man did it, cause I swear in one of the SM I read they follow him or something? Anyway, this was my first time reading it, and I was disappointed the ending wasn't cleverer.

[oldhickory]

agreed, supprazz. i loved the outfit on the cover, except i wished her shoes were black instead.
have you guys noticed how many museums and art galleries open in stoneybrook? there was one in claudia and the new girl, and i am pretty sure there was another one too. (i remember that was in a mystery too, but i can't remember which one. i remember the lady in charge was mad at the kids for making a mess though.) and claudia always goes to them when they first open, so it can't all be the same one.

[Kylie90210]

Good point, I never noticed.