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tdy_ChasingVermeer.appHeader = "'Chasing Vermeer'";
tdy_ChasingVermeer.appDeck = "See Brett Helquist's illustrations for Blue Balliett's book \"Chasing Vermeer.\" Then read the excerpt about two precocious kids on a quest to solve a crime.";
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tdy_ChasingVermeer[i-1].body = "When Petra and Calder accidentally meet on a museum field trip, they discover they share an interest in art, their teacher, Ms. Hussey, and those blue M&Ms. But this newfound friendship really takes off when the two kids try to recover a missing Vermeer painting. Can Petra and Calder follow the clues and find the thief? What do the mathematical puzzle pieces and Ms. Hussey have to do with the missing painting? Will these two kids retrieve the Vermeer before the thief destroys it?";

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