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Mystery chapter book
For ages 9 and up
When Calder goes missing on a trip to England, his friends Petra and Tommy become involved in the search for what happened to him - and a missing Alexander Calder sculpture.
This is the third installment in Balliett's series of art-related mysteries. Illustrations by Brett Helquist not only compliment the story but also contain a mystery of their own. The story has a great sense of atmosphere and does a wonderful job of describing real and imaginary art, which ...more
For ages 9 and up
When Calder goes missing on a trip to England, his friends Petra and Tommy become involved in the search for what happened to him - and a missing Alexander Calder sculpture.
This is the third installment in Balliett's series of art-related mysteries. Illustrations by Brett Helquist not only compliment the story but also contain a mystery of their own. The story has a great sense of atmosphere and does a wonderful job of describing real and imaginary art, which ...more
Much as I appreciate this intelligent and sophisticated children's series about three "tweens" who solve art-related mysteries, I didn't think this one had quite the tightness of previous entries. The story takes one child, Calder, out of Chicago and places him, for not-quite-a-good reason, in Woodstock, England, where he promptly disappears. For yet another not-good-reason, his school friends are sent for to get into his head and solve the mystery, which also involves a maze at Blenheim and a l
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I very much enjoyed this third novel in the series.
I still don't get the whole pentomino thing. ...more
I still don't get the whole pentomino thing. ...more
Jul 25, 2009
Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
marked it as decided-not-to-read
Shelves:
children-ya,
theme-art
It seemed like it might be interesting, so I snagged it at the library ... unfortunately, there was a lot of exposition and the plot just seemed ... somehow difficult to believe in, and not that interesting. (I made it about halfway through.) It reminded me of the Genius Squad books.
Mar 14, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
to-read-jervis,
to-read-mysteries-thrillers
Feb 27, 2010
Tiffany
marked it as to-read
