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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 August 8, 2007 Summary: Slow and Convoluted The idea of the book was interesting, however the story progressed slowly-often repeating the same ideas. It was predictable all the way through. My sons ages 8 and 10 were bored by this story and wanted to stop reading it. I encouraged them to finish it because of the great reviews-I kept thinking it would get better but the story never did. There are more interesting mysteries out there. Not sure why this one received such high credits. Written on June 18, 2007 Summary: Excellent mystery This novel is an engaging mystery that will hold students' interest from beginning to end. The story's main characters are two sixth grade students who don't quite fit in with their classmates. They become the best of friends through a series of coincidences and a common love of the unknown. They will easily connect students to the story, because they have common sixth grade problems. Their involvement with solving a mystery also will intrigue students. The story presents some information on Vermeer, and may inspire further research on this and other artists. It also presents a new way of thinking to students. Instead of always accepting what is obvious, the characters in the novel question and think on their own. Written on June 17, 2007 Summary: Mysteries, Friendship, and Art This realistic contemporary fiction mystery book, written on a 5.4 reading level, is an engaging novel for middle school students to read and enjoy, and to use to develop deductive thinking skills. The continued emphasis on looking at familiar things differently, at the nature of coincidences, and piecing together details to make a whole, and then repositioning them to make new wholes, is thought-provoking and extremely well written. The author chose to write this novel using the third person point of view, which helps the reader attempt to solve the mystery by providing clues not known to the two protagonists, Petra and Calder. The illustrations are both an integral part of the mystery and a mystery on their own. The illustrator, Brett Helquist, who is also the illustrator for the Lemony Snicket books, has hidden a secret message in his drawings related to the pentominoes' code in the book. In addition, Helquist has sketched several of the Vermeer paintings so that readers can visualize them as they are mentioned, and done important, clue providing, drawings of the settings and the characters. The book ends with bibliographic information and interviews about both Blue Balliett and Brett Helquist for readers who are not willing to give this book up, and an excerpt from the sequel, The Wright 3. Young adults, and older adults, will enjoy this book. Written on May 27, 2007 Summary: great book, keeps me reading! I am really enjoying Chasing Vermeer. I can't put it down. The story plot is really cool and it is so amazing how the characters unravel what is happening!I would totally recommend this book to kids who are interested in solving puzzles!  Written on May 3, 2007 Summary: Not up to my expectations I was very excited when I first heard about and saw this book; it sounded witty and thought-provoking as well as exciting. When I first started reading, this was the case--but unfortunately the more I read the more disappointed I became. The characters, although interesting, were unrealistic and frankly, weak. (I've never heard of an 11-year-old who would actually CRY at the mere thought of a PAINTING being all alone somewhere!) The plot, likewise, just wasn't important enough; it was so built up at the beginning that I expected something really important, and the climax--well, it was more like an anti-climax. Lastly, the author depended far too much on coincidences to solve the mystery. The main characters literally did nothing to solve the crime except follow their feelings, dreams, etc. It wasn't realistic, and it didn't make the characters seem like they did anything special. |
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| 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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