Pieces and Players

by Blue Balliett

Book Overview

From the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of CHASING VERMEER and HOLD FAST

THE PIECESThirteen extremely valuable pieces of art have been stolen from one of the most secretive museums in the world. A Vermeer has vanished. A Manet is missing. And nobody has any idea where they and the other eleven artworks might be . . . or who might have stolen them. THE PLAYERSCalder, Petra, and Tommy are no strangers to heists and puzzles. Now they've been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 054529990X
• ISBN13: 9780545299909
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Pieces and Players continues my art appreciation class

Blue Balliett continues to fascinate me with her plotlines involving a variety of fine arts: paintings, poetry, etc. Love how she creates protagonists who are pre-teens/growing into teenagers who are outside of the popular group of kids. Each teen is uniquely portrayed with their own talents, but working together, they become a force of nature. Each teen contributes to the unity of the whole group. Kids who might otherwise be cast aside have found their own group to become a "second family". The adults are portrayed as respectful and even awed by the talents of these teens and will often let them have free rein to do their investigating. Love the series.