books by Blue Balliett

books by Blue Balliett

books:

Blue Balliett

Blue Balliett

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2005

Wonderfully Intriguing
I first checked out this book from the library thinking, "Eh. Just something for reading points." Well, let me tell you something. I WAS WRONG!!! This book is about to 6th graders who try to find the missing Vermeer painting, A Lady Writing. The story takes you through ...

Chasing Vermeer Book and Audio CD
Balliett Blue

Scholastic, Inc., 2005

Paperback edition of Chasing Vermeer plus audio CD, read by Ellen Reily

The Ghosts of Nantucket: 23 True Accounts

Blue Balliett

Down East Books, 1984

Best of its kind
This is the best true accounts ghost story book I have ever read and I have been reading them since I was ten( I'm now 50). I don't know what universe Blue Ballitt wandered into when she was writing this but it has a real ring of authenticity to it and the stories are ...

Calder Game

Blue Balliett

Scholastic Press, 2008

A Win all the Way
I loved this book. Although I buy Blue Balliett books for my grandchildren, I read them myself first. I have found each to be captivating. The plots are tight, the settings vivid, and the characters real, making the suspension of disbelief not at all difficult. (The ...

Nantucket Hauntings

Blue Balliett

Down East Books, 1990

Creepy, scary and unsettlingly plausable
I made the mistake of reading this book while staying in Nantucket in a 200 year-old house. Reading about the hauntings (one of which occured in the house next to where I was staying) got my mind over-active. A guitar in the hallway would inexpicably "ping". One door ...

Wright 3

Blue Balliett

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2007

The Wright 3
Book 2 in the continuing story of Petra, Calder and Tommy doesn't disappoint. Great references to art and literature to keep your child thinking.

Das Schattenhaus
Blue Balliett

Fischer Taschenbuch Vlg., 2006

Nantucket Ghosts

Blue Balliett

Down East Books, 2006

Haunting Nantucket tales
This book was a page-turner right from the beginning. This is quite simply one of the best ghost story collections I have ever read, especially for one that is concerned with such a concise regional area. The stories are well varied, the writing is snappy and moves ...