Thick with devilish red herrings, this smart, playful story never stops challenging (and exhilarating) the audience. Review Quotes Praise for Chasing Vermeer: Balliett is an original. But in this mystery, the line between those who haunt and those who are haunted is a thin one - and the past and the present must come to terms with one another in order to secure the future. The ghosts seem to have chosen a few local kids to be their messengers - and to help save the island. And, even more, they want to protect what was once theirs. You can hear them in the wind, and in the creaks of the old homes. Ghosts are alive on the island of Nantucket. and the ghosts who must help with the present. Book Synopsis From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Vemeer comes an unforgettable story about an island haunted by the past. Call (414) 525-5664.About the Book From the New York Times-bestselling author of Chasing Vemeer comes an unforgettable story about an island haunted by the pastEand the ghosts who must help with the present. event April 26 at Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Dr., Hales Corners. Stewart, whose earlier books include “Wicked Plants,” and Morrow-Cribbs will present their book during a 5:30 p.m. Zombie bugs, corpse eaters, bugs that eat their mates - Stewart has the word for you, accompanied by unexpectedly lovely illustrations by Briony Morrow-Cribbs.(According to her bio, Morrow-Cribbs is studying printmaking in the MFA program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.) In “Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects” (Algonquin, $18.95), Stewart offers witty capsule biographies of dozens of chitin horrors, from the African bat bug to the tsetse fly, with plenty of shout-out for the spiders who haunt our nightmares, including such familiars as black widows and brown recluses.
Meanwhile, if you believe knowing the enemy is a good philosophy, Amy Stewart has a new book for you.
Murray Ave., where you can also find plenty about Darwin, Vermeer, Calder and Wright. April 27 at the Shorewood Public Library, 3920 N.
in her latest, "The Danger Box" (Scholastic, $16.99), Zoomy, a vision-impaired boy in a small Michigan town, and his rambunctious friend Lorrol encounter an old notebook that appears to be from the scientist Charles Darwin, as well as the threat of danger.īalliett will talk at 4 p.m. Her ensuing books tapped the legacies of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and artist Alexander Calder. "Chasing Vermeer," her signature book, featured young Petra and Calder working together to find a stolen Johannes Vermeer painting, with a code embedded in the book for readers to work on as they read. Blue Balliett writes complex mysteries for readers 9 to 12 years old that teachers love, because she gets so much content into them.
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