Bookverdict.com

Gr 5-8 With her distinct style, Balliett returns to Chicago and the detective work of Calder and Petra, sixth graders at the University School. This time they are joined by Tommy, Calder's former best friend who had moved away for a year. In this architectural mystery, destruction threatens Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and the Wright 3, as the protagonists call themselves, piece together the puzzle that will lead to the building's rescue. While friction initially mars the three-sided friendship, Petra, Calder, and Tommy ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Calder and Petra, the lateral thinkers par excellence from Chasing Vermeer (rev. 7/04), return, joined this time by Calder's best friend Tommy, back in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago after a year away. While the duo-becomes-a-trio adds a new emotional tension, the story is essentially the same: the kids have to use their luck, pluck, and pentomi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More