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Calder
and Petra saved a historical painting last summer, but now Tommy's back in
school and tension is high between the Wright 3. It's the end of the school
year and the famous Frank Lloyd Wright house, the Robie House in Hyde Park,
has been claimed as a hazard to the environment and people. Tommy lives right
next to the house in an apartment with his mom and his pet fish, Goldman. Only
one week is left in school, tension and weird looks follow Tommy everywhere he
goes, especially from Calder and Petra. Before Tommy moved, Calder and Petra
were becoming friends, but Tommy refused to become friends with Petra, after
all there was no use, he wouldn't be moving back to Hyde Park, or so he
thought.
Ms. Hussey explained to her
students one day how important the Robie House was to their community. She
called the destruction of the house a "murder" and Tommy agreed. What would
make their neighborhood special without the house? What could they do to
convince the press and the university that the could not wreck the Robie
House? The students devised a plan and decided on this, they would take famous
paintings, rip them up, and make a speech while standing in front of the Robie
House. Their plot made people look at things differently, but it didn't
convince all.
Finally school was over and
Calder was still trying to show Tommy that Petra wasn't that bad, and that he
should give her a chance. It took Tommy a while, but eventually he trusted
Petra, and they called themselves the Wright 3. Their job was to save the
Robie House with all the clues they had. One night Tommy was looking out his
window at the Robie House, he had just lost the fish talisman that he had
found in the garden behind the house. Someone had broken into his apartment
and stolen it, now someone was breaking into the Robie House. Over the next
few weeks, the Wright 3 established a plan to break into the house, and catch
the intruders. Their plan worked to and extent, but they had to revise when
they were caught.
I really enjoyed this book,
it was full of twists and turns. Although, I did have a hard time finishing it
because there were a lot of connections with the book before this one,
Chasing Vermeer. I would recommend this book for middle school students
because it shows that we can make a difference too.
~ Ashley Aldan, 7th grade, Boardman Center Middle
School