num_pages: 254
description: When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen: seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company, and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one — neighbors, parents, teachers — is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem-solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has left even the FBI baffled?
language: English
title: Chasing Vermeer
titlecomplete: Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)
characters: Tommy Segovia, Petra Andalee, Calder Pillay
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Art, Adventure, Fiction, Juvenile, Realistic Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 30165
places: Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
series: Chasing Vermeer
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Childrens Young Adult, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Texas Bluebonnet Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Juvenile, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Press