| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
254 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Three deliveries -- The letter is dead -- Lost in the art -- Picasso's lie -- Worms, snakes, and periwinkles -- The geographer's box -- The man on the wall -- A halloween surprise -- The blue ones -- Inside the puzzle --Nightmare -- Tea at four -- X the experts -- Flashing lights -- Murder and hot chocolate -- A morning in the dark -- What happens now? -- A bad fall -- The shock on the stairs -- A maniac -- Looking and seeing -- Twelves -- Help! -- The pieces. |
| Summary |
When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
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Agatha Awards, 2004. |
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Parents Choice Award Silver, 2004. |
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Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 2005. |
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Book Sense Book of the Year Award, 2005. |
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Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee, 2005. |
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Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award, 2005. |
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Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee, 2006. |
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Bluebonnet Awards Nominee, 2006. |
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Land of Enchantment Book Award Nominee, 2006. |
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Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee, 2006. |
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Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee, 2007. |
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Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award Nominee, 2007. |
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William Allen White Childens Book Award Nominee, 2007. |
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Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee, 2007. |
| Subject |
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675. (OCoLC)fst00030117
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Vermeer, Johannes -- Fiction. 1632-1675.
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Art -- Juvenile fiction.
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Art -- Fiction.
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Art. (OCoLC)fst00815177
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Art -- Fiction.
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Mystery fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery stories.
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Mystery -- fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Mystery fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories.
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| Added Author |
Helquist, Brett.
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| ISBN |
0439372976 (pbk.) |
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9780439372978 (pbk.) |
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0439856221 (pbk.) |
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9780439856225 (pbk.) |
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141566658X (BWI bdg.) |
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9781415666586 (BWI bdg.) |
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0439799279 (pbk.) |
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9780439799270 (pbk.) |
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9780756951085 (bound) |
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0756951089 (bound) |
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