num_pages: 254
description: The NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller at an unbeatable price! Includes After Words bonus features.When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one 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 stumped even the FBI?
language: English
title: Chasing Vermeer
titlecomplete: Chasing Vermeer (After Words)
characters: Tommy Segovia, Calder Pillay, Petra Andalee
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Fiction, Art, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 30165
places: Chicago, Illinois, 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