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 The
4th grade ILE Reading Pullout is reading
Chasing Vermeer, by Blue Balliett and illustrated by Brett
Helquist. It is a fun book of unexplainable occurrences that bring Petra
Andalee and Calder Pillay together.
An
eccentric old woman seeks their company and an invaluable Vermeer painting
disappears. Before they know it, they find themselves at the center of an
international art scandal, where no one, neighbors, parents, teachers are
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 the Dutch painter
Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has left even the FBI baffled?
In
addition to reading this very exciting book we are studying Vermeer’s
paintings, learning how to decipher codes as well as working with
Pentomino puzzles. Why pentominoes you ask? You have to read the book.
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