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A review by sarahanne8382
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
4.0
The third book following the kids from Chasing Vermeer is just as creative and engaging as the first two. This time Calder's father has taken him along on a business trip to England, but only a couple days into their trip Calder goes missing and Mrs. Sharpe flies Petra and Tommy out with her to find their missing friend.
As usual with this group, strange coincidences start piling up the more they investigate this mystery. The art connection in this book is Alexander Calder himself. The 7th graders went to an exhibit of Calder mobiles in Chicago, and the British village the Pillays were visiting had a Calder sculpture in the town square that went missing the same night the boy did.
If you like the first two books in this series, you will like The Calder Game just as much. The story is equally as engaging and there are just as many puzzles and codes to play with when you're not busily turning the pages. These have got to be fun books to use in the classroom because there are so many activities you could do outside of just exploring the story. I also like that while these books all follow the same characters, you could jump into the middle of this series without missing any important details from the earlier books. Each story is self-contained.
As usual with this group, strange coincidences start piling up the more they investigate this mystery. The art connection in this book is Alexander Calder himself. The 7th graders went to an exhibit of Calder mobiles in Chicago, and the British village the Pillays were visiting had a Calder sculpture in the town square that went missing the same night the boy did.
If you like the first two books in this series, you will like The Calder Game just as much. The story is equally as engaging and there are just as many puzzles and codes to play with when you're not busily turning the pages. These have got to be fun books to use in the classroom because there are so many activities you could do outside of just exploring the story. I also like that while these books all follow the same characters, you could jump into the middle of this series without missing any important details from the earlier books. Each story is self-contained.