Sixth grader Selma Diagne is an accomplished violinist who wants to be a world-renowned musician more than anything When she has the chance to audition for her orchestra's trip to Europe, Selma decides to make a secret wish at the Fountain of the Goddesses Eccentrica. In the third grade, Selma and her best friends, Laci and Maritza, discovered the mysterious fountain in a hidden courtyard at their school. The girls were inspired to start their own Goddess club, the Geek Goddesses, aka the GGs, and vowed to make one wish and one wish only: to be best friends forever. Now that Selma has broken...

"Chasing Vermeer" comes to Harlem in this clever mystery about art, artifice, and the power of community. Debut novelist Tarpley explores the way a community defines itself, the power of art to show truth, and what it really means to be home.