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Puzzles nest within puzzles in this ingeniously plotted and lightly delivered first novel that, revolving around the heist of a Vermeer painting, also touches on the nature of coincidence, truth, art ...

Next on the reading list for Al's Book Club for Kids is Blue Balliett's "Chasing Vermeer." (Read an excerpt here!) Want some behind-the-story info on this exciting new book? Check out this Q&A with ...

‘‘Chasing Vermeer'' by Blue Balliett Ages 10 and up. As this amazing, puzzling book opens, a cryptic letter about a centuries-old crime is delivered to three people. The letter promises fortune if ...

When Petra and Calder accidentally meet on a museum field trip, they discover they share an interest in art, their teacher, Ms. Hussey, and those blue M&Ms. But this newfound friendship really takes ...

Unlike the set-up in Balliett's Chasing Vermeer, no crime has been committed—yet—when Petra, Calder and Tommy begin the final weeks of sixth grade in the University of Chicago's Laboratory School. But ...