![]() ![]() ![]() Similar to the Gardner Museum theft, one Vermeer, one Manet, and three Rembrandt pieces, along with five Degas drawings, are stolen from the Farmer Museum.īalliett takes the curiosity of children seriously by presenting them with real mysteries such as the Gardner Museum heist. The fictional Farmer Museum in Kenwood is based completely on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, which was the site of an art heist in 1990. This newest book draws on Balliett’s interest in the art world and art history education. She describes the South Side as a place of mysteries and enjoys its place in her stories. ![]() Pieces and Players, like several other Balliett novels, is set on the South Side, in Kenwood. The characters collaborate to recover stolen artwork while having meaningful conversations about art. ![]() Balliett brings together her most celebrated characters (Petra, Calder, and Tommy from Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, and The Calder Game, Zoomy from The Danger Box, and Early from Hold Fast) in this book for an adventure and a puzzling mystery involving a museum robbery, a Chicago art tour, and a ghost. ![]()
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