Chasing Vermeer

by Helquist, Brett; Balliett, Blue

• ISBN13: 9780439372947
• ISBN10: 0439372941
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
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Summary

This bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art. When unexplainable occurrences bring Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen, and the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal.

Author Biography

Blue Balliett grew up in New York City. She has always loved museums, always loved mysteries, and always loved hearing about things that can't be explained in the usual ways. Blue studied art history at Brown University. She and her family live in Chicago, Illinois, where, before becoming a full-time writer, she taught at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Brett Helquist grew up in Utah and Arizona with his six sisters. As kids, they didn't visit many museums. He says his love of art came from all the comic books he read

Table of Contents

About Pentominoes and About This Story	xi
About the Artwork: A Challenge to the Reader	xiii
Chapter One: THREE DELIVERIES	1	(5)
Chapter Two: THE LETTER IS DEAD	6	(12)
Chapter Three: LOST IN THE ART	18	(17)
Chapter Four: PICASSO'S LIE	35	(8)
Chapter Five: WORMS, SNAKES, AND PERIWINKLES	43	(7)
Chapter Six: THE GEOGRAPHER'S BOX	50	(11)
Chapter Seven: THE MAN ON THE WALL	61	(15)
Chapter Eight: A HALLOWEEN SURPRISE	76	(5)
Chapter Nine: THE BLUE ONES	81	(9)
Chapter Ten: INSIDE THE PUZZLE	90	(9)
Chapter Eleven: NIGHTMARE	99	(13)
Chapter Twelve: TEA AT FOUR	112	(15)
Chapter Thirteen: X THE EXPERTS	127	(7)
Chapter Fourteen: FLASHING LIGHTS	134	(10)
Chapter Fifteen: MURDER AND HOT CHOCOLATE	144	(10)
Chapter Sixteen: A MORNING IN THE DARK	154	(13)
Chapter Seventeen: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?	167	(7)
Chapter Eighteen: A BAD FALL	174	(14)
Chapter Nineteen: THE SHOCK ON THE STAIRS	188	(10)
Chapter Twenty: A MANIAC	198	(7)
Chapter Twenty-one: LOOKING AND SEEING	205	(9)
Chapter Twenty-two: TWELVES	214	(12)
Chapter Twenty-three: HELP!	226	(10)
Chapter Twenty-four: THE PIECES	236