Middle schooler Amedeo Kaplan moves from New York City to Florida, where he gets to know his eccentric neighbor, an elderly former opera star, and makes his first friend, a boy named William. We learn a fair amount about modern art, especially art that was stolen by the Nazis during Hitler’s regime. This book’s OK, but didn’t grab me and hold on. Konigsburg’s books win all sorts of awards, and I’ve dutifully read most of them, but I haven’t really liked any since From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. For grades 6-8.