The Wright Three

Blue Balliett

Feb 2006 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Ellen Reilly

About this audiobook

In this intricate, magnificently imagined sequel to Blue Balliett's international bestseller, Chasing Vermeer, supersleuths Petra and Calder, along with Calder's old friend, Tommy, are cryptically drawn into another art mystery–this time involving a Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece, the Robie House.

When the kids' sixth-grade class attempts to save the Hyde Park landmark from demolition, eerie events are reported: voices float out from within, shadows shift behind the art-glass windows, even the roof moves! Suddenly, a well-meaning art restoration project turns into a frightening search for ghosts, hidden treasure, and a coded message left behind by Wright. In this tangled web where life and art intermingle with death and danger, can the kids pursue justice and escape with their lives?

Ratings and reviews

Mysteries solved over the summer have helped Calder and Petra form a friendship. But when Calder's old friend Tommy moves back to Chicago, finding a way to make their different ways of thinking work together proves a new sort of challenge. Especially when their perspectives on the mysterious house on Hyde Park seem at odds.

About the author

Blue Balliett was born and raised in New York City and loved to stop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Frick Museum on her way home from school. She's always loved museums, mysteries, and hearing about things that can't be explained in the usual ways. After studying art history at Brown University, she lived in Nantucket, where she got married. When her kids started school the family moved to Chicago, and Blue began teaching third grade at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. She is the author of the art-inspired mysteries Chasing Vermeer, The Calder Game, and The Wright Three.

Ellen Reilly has narrated several audiobooks, including Chasing Vermeer, A Day with a Perfect Stranger, and The Wright Three.