Almost everybody who has grown
up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed deep
within the Art Institute of Chicago, they are a collection
of sixty-eight exquisite -- almost eerily realistic
miniature rooms. Each of the rooms is designed in the style
of a different time and place, and every detail is perfect,
from the knobs on the doors to the candles in the
candlesticks. Some might even say the rooms are magical.
Imagine… what if, on a field trip, you discovered a key that
allowed you to shrink so that you were small enough to sneak
inside and explore the rooms’ secrets? What if you
discovered that others had done so before you? And that
someone had left something important behind?
Ruthie Stewart and Jack Tucker are best friends in sixth
grade. Ruthie has the feeling that nothing exciting ever
happens in her life, while Jack experiences every day as an
adventure. The Sixty-Eight Rooms is the story of an
adventure they have together. It starts with a field trip
and ends with…well, Ruthie will never say “nothing exciting
ever happens” again!
The Sixty-Eight Rooms
