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Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett Brett Helquist Books

I've read it 5 times already just to figure out pentominoes (you can buy your own; available through Walmart online), the secret code for private letters, the many Vermeer paintings that I didn't know as well as those I already loved, and to find again when I really should have understood how the story was going to end. I have also given a copy of this to all my grandchildren 8 and older.


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Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett Brett Helquist Books Reviews

I tried loving it, but it felt like it was too old of a book for kids and to young of content for middle school students.
Love the idea of a puzzle but I wish the kids really solved the puzzle ... To me the pentominoes weren't really used to solve it was chance. I like that the pictures had the puzzle in it. Very vague with clues.... Too many characters names to keep up with
Mystery, intrigue, possibly stolen art, puzzles within puzzles, very intelligent kids, an incredible teacher, and Chicago What could be better? Blue Balliet has written a thought-provoking novel with interesting characters, set against a richly diverse cultural backdrop. Each of my sons loved this book. I loved it. Brett Helquist's illustrations are masterful, and they are essential to the story. Buy this book!
One of my all-time favourite books as a child! Recently bought to read again after spending hours in front of Vermeer's A Lady Writing and was not disappointed. This is one of the most fascinating reads I've ever been through, through the coincidences and the puzzles and the mystery, and I could read it over and over again and never get tired. If you're someone who likes a good challenge to wrap your brain around, a whole lot of suspense, and well-written characters, absolutely go for this book. It's an incredible ride.
On paper (which I guess is a phrase that doesn't work quite as well in regard to books), the concept of this book thrills me! Geometric puzzles, art history clues, and natural phenomenons? I love it all! And even when I first read this book, I was totally gripped by the story and all the layers of mystery and curiosity. It was in my second reading that this house of cards flattened out on me.

This book frustrated me much in the same way that Harry Potter has. The author just takes too many liberties to allow the reader to feel part of the story. It feels unfair when an author gets to have a surprise hidden panel in the wall at the end of the story. I don't know if this is so much true for all genres. A mystery, however, should be tight. It needs to feel like a completed puzzle at the end - either leaving you feeling satisfied that you called it right, or amazed at how well it all came together. When it feels like a jumble that nobody could have pieced together except the author (and even appears that the author took pains to make it more complicated than necessary) it just doesn't work. In some cases of literature (and art!), when you think "I could have made that," it is a compliment on how easy the creator made it look. In the case of Chasing Vermeer, and knowing full well my limitations as a writer, thinking "I could have written that" is not a good thing.

For a book club book, I think this will still be a delight to young readers. If the club is given all the extra ingredients to completely lose themselves in a world of mathematical and artistic mystery, fall in love with Chasing Vermeer. I have only read this book aloud with students. To independently read it as a book club, students would probably need to be older and have strategies for figuring out the references the book makes.
This was required reading for my 10 y.o. son’s GT class. He’s an avid reader, but had a tough time engaging in this book. Just not his cup of tea. He loves the Wings of Fire Series.
*Disclaimer This is from an adult's perspective. A young reader might have a very different reaction to this book.

I was so excited by this book when I started reading it -- it sets up interesting characters, an exciting mystery, and a visual puzzle for the reader to solve through the illustrations in the book. I loved the initial character development of Petra and Calder, two smart young people who have very different ways of thinking. It was fun using the pentomino code to decode the letters in the book, and to try to solve the hidden puzzle in the pictures. And I loved that the mystery was based around art history. But as I read on, I became disappointed. The character development fell flat. The visual puzzle was not quite as challenging as I'd hoped (though still satisfying). And, most disappointing of all, the mystery was really not as exciting as initially promised (trying to turn the nitpicky art historical issue of painting attribution into a big international scandal just didn't work for me).

Despite these disappointments, I still believe this book has something special to offer, with its unique approach, and its two main characters who really think about the world around them, and use all their intelligence and intuition to solve the mystery.
I've read it 5 times already just to figure out pentominoes (you can buy your own; available through Walmart online), the secret code for private letters, the many Vermeer paintings that I didn't know as well as those I already loved, and to find again when I really should have understood how the story was going to end. I have also given a copy of this to all my grandchildren 8 and older.