The Calder Game
September 26, 2009
Balliett, Blue. 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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lulu carson | October 3rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
The Calder Game, by Blue Balleitt is a great book that creates suspense and excitement. I really enjoyed reading The Calder Game because i was excited to turn each page and find out what happened next. i would give this book “5 book ends up!”
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pageturner | October 12th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Whew, two novels on this year’s list that I’ve read so far (this and Masterpiece) weave famous artists’ work into the story. I quite like that. I loved Chasing Vermeer and The Calder Game. I suppose it’s time I read The Wright 3!
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muzzybuzz | October 15th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
i am not really sure how to put it but this book is somewhere between confusing and boring for me it just wasnt very exiting.
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SG | October 20th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Calder Game is one of my favorite books because it is very suspenseful and the season in this book is fall, which is my favorite season! it really gives details all the foliage, and it takes place in Woodstock, England!
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Blobeh | October 21st, 2009 at 8:20 am
for me BORINg Ifind it hard to get into.Also easy to put down.I give a rating of * star.It was kinda intersing.I would not recommend the Calder Game!
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caitlin booklover 101 | October 21st, 2009 at 12:18 pm
So far this book is really good I love how it is written. It is a real page turner I would read it 24/7.If I could live in the book I would!
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WAFFLE GIRL 245 | October 24th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
these books are vvvvvvveeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy boring it took me a year to do because i hated it!
waffle girl 254
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Atermies | October 24th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
sorry i didnt really enjoy it
Atermies
Goddess of Hunt
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katedavie | October 26th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Could you be more specific about what you didn’t like?
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Emma waffle percy S6 | October 26th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
one thing i dont like the writter. Also i just didnt get very into it
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hami222 | October 27th, 2009 at 5:53 am
I enjoyed this book and its vocabulary. A very intersesting book.
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petrarocks | October 29th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I really enjoyed reading this book. It is so good that I ate, got ready for school, and went to bed reading. It is a great setting, a small english town where none appriciate humor. It is a wonderful mystery, a kid with the same name as the artist who made the scupture that goes missing at the same time. I wonder how Petra and Tommy got plane tickets. Did the police give them to them?
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swirlygirl99 | October 29th, 2009 at 8:36 am
I thought that the Calder Game was really good! I couldn’t put it down, I thought that Blue Balliett did a really good job of leaving the reader in suspense he did this by having really good cliff hangers. It is definitly a must read. I liked it because it has a really good plot and I also liked how they summoned Petra and Tommy to England because it made the book much more interesting. I can’t wait to read The Wright Three! My favorite part was when they found Calder and the whole story unraveled.
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petrarocks | October 29th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Dear Hami,
Why is it interesting? Do you think it had suspense? I did.
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swirlygirl99 | October 29th, 2009 at 8:43 am
dear Hami222, what did you like about the vocabulary? I also thought that the vocabulary was awsome because it was a really interesting chose of words.
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katedavie | October 30th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Umm, in actual fact, Blue Balliett is a “she.” I hope that doesn’t change your opinion of the book!
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katedavie | October 30th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Can anybody who has read this book more recently than I have clarify this point?
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stevemadden | November 3rd, 2009 at 7:22 am
What point exactly? Whether Blue is actually “she”, or how Tommy and Petra get the plane tickets, or the really interesting choice of words that the author uses?
1. Yes, she is.
2. “As Mrs. Sharpe put it,…” (p. 142).
3. Definitely of interest to many! WISH ART FREE…
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katedavie | November 4th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
The point in question, (my question and Petrarocks’) was how Tommy and Petra get the plane tickets.
Answer to Question #4 — Yes, I am having trouble getting a grip on the “reply” function!
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kelty16 | November 4th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I hope this gets a sequel! I love reading all about what happens to Petra and Tommy!
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gecko | November 10th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
A book with a lot of action – I couldn’t put it down – my favorite so far
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Moose Man VT | November 11th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I thought this book was great. It shows how friends can work together to accomplish something. This book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I recommend this book to every one who likes suspense.
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Caleb | November 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I thought this book was very interesting but I thought the plot was lacking a bit of reason and reality.