A review by nerfherder86
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E.L. Konigsburg

4.0

Another good book by Konigsburg. 6th grader Amedeo is new to town, and becomes friends with William in his neighborhood when they work together to prepare an eccentric old lady's stuff for a house sale. Amedeo wants to "discover" something, and he does find an old sketch from an artist who was banned by Hitler during World War II. The sketch may be connected to Amedeo's godfather, Peter, whose father has just died and left him a box of mementos. The story of the drawing is slowly revealed, along with the histories of the adults and the story of "degenerate" art--art that the Nazis didn't like and so they stole it, burned it, banned it, etc. Very interesting, although I'm not sure how much it will appeal to today's teen who isn't already interested in art and history. Hopefully they will be surprised and like it!