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The Calder game

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Balliett, Blue, 1955-
Other Authors:	Helquist, Brett (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Mobiles (Sculpture) > Juvenile fiction. Sculpture > Juvenile fiction. Calder, Alexander, > 1898-1976 > Juvenile fiction. Missing persons > Juvenile fiction. England > Juvenile fiction. Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.
Physical Description:	379 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9780439852074 (hardcover) 0439852072 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Blue Balliett was born in New York City in 1955. She received a degree in art history from Brown University. After graduating, she moved to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts and wrote two books of ghost stories. She eventually moved to Chicago and taught third grade at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Her first children's book, Chasing Vermeer, won the 2005 Edgar Award in the Best Juvenile category. Her other works include The Wright 3 (2006), The Calder Game (2008), and The Danger Box (2010). (Bowker Author Biography)