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2000s: Ted Spark likes to solve mysteries. In this his second adventure, he’s solving a crime in New York
The Guggenheim Mystery
What you need to know before your trail
My name is Ted Spark.
This summer, I went on holiday to New York, to visit Aunt Gloria and Salim. While I was there, a painting was stolen from the Guggenheim Museum, where Aunt Gloria works.
Everyone was very worried and upset. I did not see what the problem was. I do not see the point of paintings, even if they are worth £9.8 million. Perhaps that’s because of my very unusual brain, which works on a different operating system to everyone else’s.
But then Aunt Gloria was blamed for the theft – and Aunt Gloria is family. And I realised just how important it was to find the painting, and discover who really had taken it.
Travel Guide
Guggenheim museum
Aunt Gloria works at this famous museum and Ted is very impressed with it
The Guggenheim is an important New York landmark, just like the Statue of Liberty. Museum is not an entirely accurate word to describe it..
It was opened in 1959, so it’s much newer than the British Museum, It also doesn’t have any jewels or pots. Ut is a museum that mostly just holds paintings,
It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous American architect, and when it first opened, it made a lot of people very upset. This is because
Frank Lloyd Wright didn’t want to design an ordinary square building with ordinary walls and floors and ceilings. Instead he wanted his museum to be an interesting shape. So, instead of square, it’s round, with a round spiralling ramp inside it.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Guggenheim Mystery
Destination: New York City Author/Guide: Robin Stevens and Siobhan Dowd Departure Time: 2000s
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