Sharpe who’s acting suspiciously – there’s a ghost who mingles with the guards in the museum, a cat who acts like a spy, and bystanders in black jackets who keep popping up.With pieces and players, you have all the ingredients for a fantastic mystery from the amazing Blue Balliett. Sharpe, who may be playing her own kind of game with the clues. and has a word or two to say about the missing treasure.The kids have been drawn in by the very mysterious Mrs. Now they’ve been matched with two new sleuths – Zoomy, a very small boy with very thick glasses, and Early, a girl who treasures words. THE PLAYERSCalder, Petra, and Tommy are no strangers to heists and puzzles. Report for the Hyde Park Times: Pick a painting. And nobody has any idea where they and the other eleven artworks might be. Games and Activities Blue Balliett ART ADVENTURES Master these two challenges by calling upon your art smarts: Make a Masterpiece Match: Calling all super sleuths Use clues to link paintings to the artists behind them. Ages 9–12.From New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett, comes an all-new Calder mystery.THE PIECESThirteen extremely valuable pieces of art have been stolen from one of the most secretive museums in the world. Motivated readers will treasure this provocative title. And once again Helquist encodes his b&w illustrations with puzzle pieces. About the Author Blue Balliett grew up in New York City, where she often visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Frick Collection. The mystery is crafted more solidly than in either of Balliett's previous titles, and the setting-enriched by the hedge maze of Blenheim and the possible proximity of the pseudonymous British artist Banksy-proves completely enticing. Curiously, Calder's own presence seems to inspire dismay as well-until he, and the sculpture, simply vanish overnight. There they are introduced to the “Calder game,” which invites participants to join five ideas or things that move in relation to one another, while looking for “balance, beauty, and surprise.” Three weeks later, Calder accompanies his father to a tiny town near Blenheim Palace in England, where an anonymous donor has installed a Calder sculpture in the ancient town square, much to the villagers' dismay. Now in seventh grade, series heroes Petra, Tommy and Calder first see Calder's mobiles at an exhibit at a Chicago museum. Like its predecessors, it asks readers to consider big ideas, this time using the mobiles of Alexander Calder as a springboard. sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. ) outdoes herself with this ambitious novel. 53,684 ratings 4,839 reviews shelved 92,570 times Showing 26 distinct works. Acclaimed for her sophisticated juggling of art concepts, mystery, philosophy and storytelling, Balliett ( Chasing Vermeer

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