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ALL THE GREYS ON GREENE STREET

Kelly Murphy Laura Tucker

SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist--and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving Ollie to roam the streets of New York with her best friends Richard and Alex, drawing everything that catches her eye.
Then everything falls apart. Ollie's dad disappears in the middle of the night, leaving her only a cryptic note and instructions to destroy it. Her mom has gone to bed, and she's not getting up. Apollo is hiding something, Alex is acting strange, and Richard has questions about the mysterious stranger he saw outside. And someone keeps calling, looking for a missing piece of art.

Laura Tucker has coauthored more than twenty books, including two New York Times bestselling memoirs. She grew up in New York City around the same time as Olympia, and now lives in Brooklyn with her daughter and husband; on Sunday mornings, you can find her at the door of Buttermilk Channel, one of their two restaurants. She is a cat person who cheats with dogs. All the Greys on Greene Street is her first novel.
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Published 2019-06-04 by Viking Children's Books

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Published 2019-06-04 by Viking Children's Books

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... a brilliant mediation on the artistic life, the way shapes and color infuse perception, how concentration can lead to illumination, and how creation is gift available to all in myriad forms. These messages don't present heavily, they shimmer, mostly because Tucker's writing is exquisite and as precise as brush stroke. A remarkable debut.

The vibrant, eccentric characters are authentic, the early-1980s SoHo setting is clearly wrought (rich with descriptive details such as fad diets and artist-in-residence lofts), and the Konigsburg-tinged art mystery satisfies.

All the Greys on Greene Street is a Finalist for the 2020 Edgar Award (Best Juvenile) Read more...

There is realistic ethnic diversity reflected in secondary and background characters. Lovely, sad, hopeful, and memorable.

[A] brilliant debut novel. a richly textured delight: an art world mystery, a family drama, a sensitive depiction of depression, a crash course in colors and a portrait of a young artist. Tucker has written with such compassion and intelligence about what we see, what we overlook, and what we try to hide.

A truly wonderful book about art and mystery, friendships and family. You are bound to fall in love with Ollie and you'll long remember her story.

A dazzling debut novel about resilience, courage, home and family.