Chasing Vermeer (Scholastic Gold)

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Paperback
Author: Blue Balliett
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Publisher: Scholastic
Publish Date: May 2005
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.4
EAN: 9780439372978

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Overview

This bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art.

Chasing Vermeer joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has stumped even the FBI?

Details

Pages: 304
Dimensions: 7.59 x 5.32 x 0.61 in
Lexile Score: 770
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 6
ISBN: 0439372976

Awards

2006 Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee (Intermediate)
2006 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)