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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Scholastic Press Catalog: Book Release date: 2004-06-01 Media: Hardcover Format: Bargain Price Number of pages: 272 Reading level: Ages 9-12  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on April 3, 2007 Summary: A Great Captivating Adventure This is my favorite book I have ever read. I am 11 years old. This book rocks! The plot is great and the facts about Vermeer keep the pace fast. The ending will both be expected, and shocking. This is a great book by a great author. Calder and Petra are characters that are very easy to relate to. I like other books too, but this one is the best. It is not an incondite book, it is very fun! Written on March 14, 2007 Summary: What a BOOK!! This book was the best I have ever read, because not only do you read it, but you must also piece this thrilling mystery together! It takes place in Chicago. Petra and Calder, 11-year-olds going on 12, are children you think like no other! They think about unexplained actions and coincidental happenings. After a famous painting in the Chicago Art Institute is stolen, it is up to the two kids to get it back. Three mysterious letters also go out, about the stolen art work. With help from their letter-loving teacher, Ms. Hussey, and a lonely, old neighbor, Mrs. Sharpe, Petra and Calder must think outside the box, and about all the coincidental occurences,using pentominoes and "blue ones".A total MUST READ!  Written on March 1, 2007 Summary: Too many puzzles I had mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it was very clever and interesting. On the other hand, it wasn't very engrossing because of some of the more creative elements. It required some ciphering and a good deal of thought, so it was hard to get yourself immersed in the story (my favorite way to read!). Also, I'm a big believer in coincidence, so even though it's fiction, I know, the stance that coincidence is more than that always bugs me. I'm weird as far as what bothers me sometimes, I know. But still, I liked the characters and, as I said, it was a very intriguing story. Written on February 14, 2007 Summary: Why can't there be more books like this? Chasing Vermeer might be The DaVinci Code for tweens, as the back cover proclaims. I wouldn't know, I've never read the DaVinci Code, though my friend has, who informed me in an annoyingly patronizing voice that "It's too explicit and gross for you, Haley. Try another book from the library's shelf that you HAVEN'T gotten already." Well, I didn't buy Chasing Vermeer because I wanted "The DaVinci Code for tweens". I bought it because I love art, I love mysteries, I love puzzles, and I LOVE books that make you think. All together, this book seemed like a pretty good buy. And was it, ever. I still haven't had a chunk of time to devote to figuring out the chapter puzzles, but I know that the illustrations all have a frog or suggest a frog in them (a reference to Mr. Fort's "we shall pick up an existence by its frogs" comment, perhaps?) Anyway, Chasing Vermeer wasn't exactly the sort of mystery that made logical sense, as in clue to clue to clue. It was clue to intuition to "coincidence" (Baliett, as well as Fort, scorns the idea of these) to clue to pentomino to intuition...You get the point. And it made for a very interesting, if sometimes a little confusing, mystery story. 5/5 Highly recommended. Rating: Very Good Written on January 17, 2007 Summary: Courtesy of Teens Read Too I think the fact that I had never heard of CHASING VERMEER before I picked up a copy at the bookstore helped in my enjoyment of it. After I finished reading the book, I read with interest other reviews posted on Amazon, which is usually my habit after I've written my own review. I like to see what other readers thought of a story, or how similar--or, in some cases, dissimilar--my own thoughts and feelings are from other readers. I was surprised to see that many had touted CHASING VERMEER as a The Da Vinci Code for the younger set. I was surprised by the supposed hype that the book had generated. I was surprised, in fact, by the way I was caught up in the story myself. Although I can't comment on it's similarity to The Da Vinci Code (I'm one of probably only a handful of humans on the planet who hasn't read it!), I can say that CHASING VERMEER is a mixture of mystery, art, precociousness, and ingenuity that made it a joy to read. Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay live down the street from each other in Hyde Park, share the same birthday, and have as the same sixth-grade teacher, the wonderful Ms. Hussey, at University School. It's rare to find a teacher who allows her students to have a say in what material they will cover, and both Petra and Calder are aware of this. When Ms. Hussey asks the students to discuss with an adult a letter that changed their life, most students are baffled. When the assignment fails, Ms. Hussey instead takes them on a field trip to the Art Institute--where the worlds of Petra, Calder, Ms. Hussey, and Vermeer collide. Who was Vermeer? An artist, it turns out, who has several paintings attributed to him that some members of the general public don't agree were done by the painter himself. Suddenly, Petra and Calder's world is filled with a strange book entitled "Lo!", a painting known as "A Lady Writing," an old lady named Mrs. Sharpe, a man who owns a bookstore, a set of twelve pentominoes, a bunch of frogs, and a few bags of blue M&M's. CHASING VERMEER is, quite simply, an art mystery in the style of Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys, but more interesting and complex. This is a delightful read, and I can't wait to read Wright 3, the next story in the adventures of Petra and Calder. Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius" |
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| Collectible price | $16.95 | $24.40 | $95.00 | $25.00 | $10.00 | - |
| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2004-06-01 | 2007-06-01 | 2008-05-01 | 2008-04-01 | 1998-04-01 | 2007-03-13 |
| Media | Hardcover | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Format | Bargain Price | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of pages | 272 | 352 | 400 | 512 | 168 | 272 |
| Ean | - | 9780439693684 | 9780439852074 | 9780316003957 | 9780689711817 | 9780440420477 |
| Book Isbn | - | 0439693683 | 0439852072 | 0316003956 | 0689711816 | 0440420474 |
| Reading level | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Young Adult | Ages 9-12 |
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