Calder Game

Hardcover, 400 pages

English language

Published May 1, 2008 by Scholastic Press.

ISBN:
978-0-439-85207-4
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After 7th-grade friends Calder, Petra and Tommy go on a field trip to view Alexander Calder mobiles at a Chicago art museum, Calder accompanies his father on a business trip to a small village in England. A few days later, Calder and a donated Calder sculpture "The Minotaur" both disappear at the same time. Calder's father asks Petra and Tommy to fly to England to help find their friend.

2 editions

Review of 'Calder Game' on 'Goodreads'

actually 3+

Honestly, I don't remember much of the second installment; but, I remember not liking it as much as the first. I think this, the third, is slightly better again, though I wondered most of the way through when I would have liked to read this—maybe at age 6? So, it mightn't appeal to precocious readers. Given that it's targeted to middle-graders, there's nothing exceedingly sinister in the content.

As another reviewer has noted, the series probably appeals more to Hyde Parkers more than most, though this installment is set in England.

Review of 'Calder Game' on 'Goodreads'

actually 3+

Honestly, I don't remember much of the second installment; but, I remember not liking it as much as the first. I think this, the third, is slightly better again, though I wondered most of the way through when I would have liked to read this—maybe at age 6? So, it mightn't appeal to precocious readers. Given that it's targeted to middle-graders, there's nothing exceedingly sinister in the content.

As another reviewer has noted, the series probably appeals more to Hyde Parkers more than most, though this installment is set in England.

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Subjects

  • Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
  • Children's Books
  • Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Children: Grades 4-6