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The Calder Game
By Balliett, Blue
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-43985-207-4
- Publisher
- Scholastic
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2008
Gr 5-8 Those precocious art sleuths Calder, Petra, and Tommy are back, and this mystery is every bit as intricate, engaging, and delightful as "Chasing Vermeer" (2004) and "The Wright 3" (2006, both Scholastic). The three seventh graders go with their class to an exhibit of Alexander Calder's mobiles at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Soon after, Calder and his father travel to a remote village in England that has an anonymously donated Calder sculpture, the "Minotaur", and a maze at Blenheim Park. Both the bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Following Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, rev. 7/04) and Frank Lloyd Wright (The Wright 3, rev. 3/06), Alexander Calder serves as genius-in-residence for Balliett's third book about Lab School classmates Calder Pillay ("the Math Whiz"), Tommy Segovia ("the Finder"), and Petra Andalee ("the Scribbler"). After being inspired by an Alexander Calder exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, the three are sep...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Calder Pillay (<i>Chasing Vermeer</i>, <i>The Wright 3</i>) discovers that the English village where he's staying has been graced by ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
