The Wright 3

It’s second semester of sixth grade at the University School in Chicago, and super-sleuths Petra and Calder, along with Calder’s old friend, Tommy, are cryptically drawn into another art mystery—this time involving a Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece, the Robie House.Like the famous Robie House windows, Blue Balliett’s prose and Brett Helquist’s pictures shimmer, tease, and dance with hidden surprises.

Blue Balliett is the author of several bestselling, acclaimed mystery novels, including Chasing Vermeer (a Book Sense Book of the Year and an Edgar Award winner), The Wright 3, The Calder Game, and The Danger Box. She writes in the laundry room of her home in Chicago, Illinois, and you can find her online at www.blueballiettbooks.com. Brett Helquist was born in Ganado, Arizona, and grew up in Orem, Utah. He entered Brigham Young University as an engineering major, but soon realized this was not the right choice for him. Having decided to take time off from college, he headed to Taiwan where he stumbled into a job illustrating English textbooks, which he enjoyed. There, a friend introduced him to an illustration student, also from Brigham Young University. This introduction inspired Brett to eventually switch majors. After spending a year in Taiwan, he went back to BYU and transferred to the illustration department. In 1993 he received a fine arts degree in illustration.