Freaky Friday meets Downton Abbey in this middle grade mystery
that features a modern day twelve-year-old switching bodies with a
Gilded Age heiress in order to solve a famous art heist.
Hannah Jordan lives in a museum...well, sort of. She is the daughter of
the caretaker for mansion-turned-museum The Elms in Newport, Rhode
Island. Hannah's captivated by stories of The Elms's original occupants,
especially Maggie Dunlap, the tween heiress subject of a painting that
went missing during a legendary art heist in 1905.
But when a mysterious mirror allows Hannah and Maggie to switch places
in time, suddenly Hannah is racing to stop the heist from happening,
while Maggie gets an introduction to iPhones, soccer (which girls can
play!), and freedoms like exploring without supervision. Not to mention
the best invention of all: sweatpants (so long, corsets!).
As the hours tick away toward the art heist, something's not adding up.
Can the girls work together against time--and across it--to set things
right? Or will their temporary swap become a permanent trade?