- Detective and mystery stories, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Schools
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Blue Balliett
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 318
- Publisher
- Scholastic Paperbacks, Scholastic Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780439693684
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