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Summary Of Blue Balliet's Chasing Vermeer
In the beginning of Blue Balliet’s Chasing Vermeer, Petra Andalee is a weird pear-shaped oddball, and Calder Pillay is also a peculiar person. Calder and Petra were both in Ms. Isabel Hussey’s homeroom 6th grade class. Ms. Hussey was a young, very joyful teacher who loved to study art. When the story first began, a mysterious thief had stolen the famous, and in my opinion beautiful painting “A Lady Writing.” Before the theft, Calder and Petra had many encounters and mysterious coincidences with the painting. For instance, Petra had a dream about the painting, although she claimed she had never seen the masterpiece. After the artwork was stolen Petra and Calder became a little closer. They already knew each other from school, but they

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