Will Petra and Calder be able to find out who the art thief is? Will they be able to get out of a dangerous situation alive? Read this unique mystery to find out about friendship, art, and the power of knowledge. As the mystery unfolds they must use their problem solving skills, research techniques, and their own unique strategies, like pentominoes, to try to find out "who done it".
It isn't long before a Vermeer painting goes missing and Petra and Calder find themselves in the middle of an art scandal. Soon after their friendship begins strange things start to happen and they find connections between events that don't seem related at first. This book connects her to classmate and neighbor, Calder Pillay. Calder coming up with a whole clue because he saw a single letter mixing up words until they sound like a sentence they overheard someone say and thinking it is significant.Īlthough not the greatest book ever written, it did have a fun story and I feel like it would be inspiring for children around the sixth grade age to learn about art and puzzles.Ĭan you imagine working on a mystery that even the FBI can't solve? In Chasing Vermeer, Petra Andalee finds a book about odd occurrences that completely captures her interest and makes her start thinking. The mystery itself was well thought out, the way everything connected at the end was interesting, but the thought processes that lead them to the clues was ridiculous at times. So I believe it is a good size for the target audience. I loved to read at that age and I know personally that it was a lot easier for me to get through the 150-250 page books than to try to concentrate for 400-pages. I'm going to let that go though, as I'm sure many sixth graders don't have the patience for 400-page novels.
The characters were introduced so quickly that you really didn't get a whole lot of feel for Petra and Calder. The book was extremely fast paced, much faster than it should have been for the mystery of it all. A quick book for middle-grade kids, based around two sixth-graders who find themselves in the middle of a puzzle.
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