The Calder Game
by:
Blue Balliett (author)
There is no mystery about why visitor Calder Pillay would be so fascinated by the sculpture tucked in the town square of the small English village. After all, Alexander Calder, his namesake, created this impressive piece. Coincidences grow darker, however, when both Calder and the Calder...
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There is no mystery about why visitor Calder Pillay would be so fascinated by the sculpture tucked in the town square of the small English village. After all, Alexander Calder, his namesake, created this impressive piece. Coincidences grow darker, however, when both Calder and the Calder sculpture vanish, sending family and friends Petra and Tommy into an understandable tizzy. This edition to Blue Balliett's aesthetically inclined mysteries will please fans of her Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780439852074 (0439852072)
Publish date: May 1st 2008
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 379
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Art,
Chapter Books,
Mathematics,
Puzzles
Series: Chasing Vermeer (#3)
I believe this is the first time in a couple of years that I read a middle grade book. The only reason I even picked it up was because I had read the first two books in the series in middle school and adored them. So I set out to complete the series. It was such an interesting experience becau...
If you've read the other two books in this series, you'll know exactly what to expect. And you really should, both because they're both very good books and because you really need to in order to fully appreciate this one. The stakes start out higher, with the mystery being the theft of a famous stat...
The other current read-aloud. Loved it, the mystery, the puzzles, the adventure.