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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
mother daughter book club book. it was really cute and quite good.Not only was the whole book a little trail of puzzles,but each photo in the book was an additional puzzle. Brianna and I had fun trying to figure out each answer! A good parent and kid book!
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
I read this book as a novel study with my 5th grade class. My kids really enjoyed the book, but looking at it as an adult, there were several plot holes.
Content Warnings
Minor: Kidnapping
In my opinion, this is way too sophisticated for a younger audience and I think a lot of the references and jargon will go right over most children's heads. I can't speak for children, but as an adult trying to get into this novel was trying. I found myself bored and uninterested in the overall plot. The clues magically pieced together and I wasn't challenged by the mystery. I so wanted to like this book.
This book was great at first, but then swiftly had too much going on and became muddled, slow, and tedious.
I can't tell you how it ends because I was bored to tears. I can tell you that it's great for kids who are creative. It will inspire them to go on scavenger hunts, play with pentaminos, and get them thinking outside the box. If you were a teacher reading this to a classroom you would have so much stuff to use from this book to connect to it.
Perhaps that is the point of this book that it is to be used in a classroom and that it's not really for reading straight through. That you are supposed to be doing crafts, and activities. Having a group project, stuff like that.
For fifth through eighth graders who like puzzles or for teachers who are looking for a book with tons of activities to connect to it. I would not buy this book, I probably won't even read the second one despite having it also as a strip.
I can't tell you how it ends because I was bored to tears. I can tell you that it's great for kids who are creative. It will inspire them to go on scavenger hunts, play with pentaminos, and get them thinking outside the box. If you were a teacher reading this to a classroom you would have so much stuff to use from this book to connect to it.
Perhaps that is the point of this book that it is to be used in a classroom and that it's not really for reading straight through. That you are supposed to be doing crafts, and activities. Having a group project, stuff like that.
For fifth through eighth graders who like puzzles or for teachers who are looking for a book with tons of activities to connect to it. I would not buy this book, I probably won't even read the second one despite having it also as a strip.
A fascinating mystery solved by kids wiser than their years :) I loved trying to solve the "extra" mysteries woven in - the pentaminos in the pictures, the secret messages... it was a fun, engaging book all around and I will definitely be reading it again. I'm sure there's details I missed!
Good mystery book amazing detail. This is a book that I think is better for kids 9 to 12. Why ? Because this book is about a mystery and two sixth graders solve it, so you need to think like a sixth grader. So I would say any one forth grade to sixth grade would like and under stand this one.
It was ok . . . I guess it was silly and kind of fun for younger kids (as it was intended to be) and maybe I would have enjoyed it more when I was younger. I've had it since I was probably 10 or 12 and this was another one where I had to decide whether or get rid of it or just finally read it. It was short, so I read it. It was sort of like a not-as-exciting kids' version of The Da Vinci Code. However, I wish there had been actual clues and a trail rather than the kids just having "feelings about something" or there being so many "coincidences." The illustrations were great though and I'm glad I finally read it, if only so I can now get rid of it. :)
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The story follows Petra and Calder who are in the sixth grade as they began learning about mysterious letters from their teacher Ms.Hussely. Petra and Calder soon start becoming friends and have a fascinating journey of us it coincidence or more then that. Each in their own way discover the magic of Vermeer. During that time ‘A Lady Writing’ by Vermeer is stolen. They began wondering what happened and why, what circumstances lead to it. A interesting mystery novel. Having returned to the series as a adult, growing up my Mother read me a book from the series has become more meaningful. Especially with a backgrounds in Art History.
I read this book when I was much younger, but I remember completely enjoying it.
couldn’t get to it in time before my loan was up because of finals