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Exceptionally observant twelve-year-old white boy Florian Bates, with the help of his new best friend, African American girl Margaret, uses T.O.A.S.T. ("Theory of All Small Things") to help the FBI solve an art-heist case at the National Gallery in Washington, DC. Ponti turns an improbable premise into a high-stakes, fast-paced story with appealing characters and a cleverly unfolding mystery.