Chasing Vermeer (last part)

          I have finished the book "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett. This was a great book!!!!! I found out that Balliett has just wrote another one as well! I can't wait to read it! 

          Petra and Calder were very suspicious! It seemed like everywhere they look there is mystery! The children noticed that the number 12 was everywhere, and had to do with everything it seemed. Petra and Calder went to see a friend of theirs who was very interested in Vermeer paintings. She was very mysterious. She started talking about something with vines, leaves, animals, and weird stuff like that. Later that day Calder and Petra decided to visit the museum. While they were there Petra noticed that the stairs at the museum had designs of vines, leaves, and everything else that their friend mentioned. Petra and Calder were a little freaked out! They had this feeling that the painting might be somewhere in the museum, because that would be one of the least likely places for the police to look. They started banging on parts of the stairs and they found a compartment. Inside there was the painting!!!! Petra and Calder raced away to get it to the police, but suddenly someone came out of the shadows and started chasing them!  The police finally caught him, and it turns out that the thief was going to smuggle it out of the country! Petra and Calder saved the painting!

          I predict that Petra and Calder will have many other adventures that have to do with Vermeer paintings. I think this because they know a lot about those kinds of paintings and will probably find something to adventure on.

          A question that i have for this story is Was there really something wrong with the painting? The thief told everyone that A Lady Writing really wasn't by Vermeer, and that a lot of the Vermeer paintings really weren't Vermeer's. I wonder if that was true.....?

          A connection that I have for this story has to do with the two kids saving the painting. In many movies and tv shows the kids do what the adults just can't seem to do. In movies like Spy Kids, Harry Potter, and more; the KIDS solve the problem, not the adults.