Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2008 · Young Adult · Nominee
About This Book
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?
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?
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Georgia Children's Book Award
2007 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2007 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2007 · Middle School · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2007 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2007 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2007 · Intermediate · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2007 · Junior/Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Bluebonnet Award
2006 · Children's · Nominee
Colorado Children's Book Award
2006 · Junior Novel · Nominee
Keystone to Reading Book Award
2006 · Intermediate · Nominee
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2006 · Young Adult · Nominee
Maine Student Book Award
2006 · Grades 4-8 · Fourth Place
North Carolina Children's Book Award
2006 · Junior Book · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2006 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2006 · Children's · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2006 · Junior Book · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2006 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2005 · Grades 6-9 · Nominee
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
2005 · Children's Literature · Winner
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2005 · Children's Book · Nominee
Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award
2005 · Children's Literature · Winner
Edgar Allan Poe Award
2005 · Juvenile · Winner
Great Lakes Book Award
2004 · Children's Chapter · Winner
Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007)
2004 · Silver · Winner
Agatha Award
2004 · Children/Young Adult · Winner
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