The residents of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery live by a very specific set of rules:- Under no circumstances are residents to interact with humans or move about when there are humans in the building.
- Do not get caught outside your painting.
- Do not go into someone else’s painting without his or her permission.
- Failure to abide by these rules will result in punishment and possible banishment.
Thirteen-year-old Mona Dunn is about to break the first two. But she’s been trapped in the same place for more than a hundred years. So, really, who can blame her?
Twelve-year-old Sargent Singer believes in his own set of rules:
- Dad abandoned you, so don’t trust him.
- This summer is going to be a disaster.
- Just get through it.
- You don’t need friends.
Meanwhile, magic and mischief is brewing at the Beaverbrook. And when Sargent catches a glimpse of something unexpected and forbidden, his rules go out the window, too, and that mischief snowballs into a friendship story, a mystery, and a crime caper like no other. Exactly who is framing whom?