Characters
This character usually spoke with an imperious tone throughout the story.
Who is Mrs.Sharpe?
This artist was quoted as saying, "Art is a lie that tells the truth".
Who is Picasso?
Calder and Petra found A Lady Writing in this building.
What Delia Dell Hall?
Vermeer's first name.
What is Johannes?
Calder hid here in Gracie Hall.
What is in the basement?
In the story, these characters turned 12 on the same day.
Who are Petra and Calder?
This character said, "Aren't you glad you aren't responsible for saving one of the world's greatest masterpieces from a maniac?"
Who is Petra's dad?
This is the state Tommy had already moved to when the story began.
What is New York?
Vermeer's native country.
What is the Netherlands?
The street where Calder and Petra live.
What is Harper Avenue?
This tertiary character was said to have vanished, or possibly been have been kidnapped.
Who is Frog?
This person said "We shall pick up an existence by its frogs".
Who is Charles Fort?
This is the injury Calder suffered when he was knocked off the slide.
What is a concussion?
The number of paintings attributed to Vermeer.
What is 35?
This establishment is located at the end of Harper Avenue.
What is Powell's Books?
This tertiary character was mysteriously murdered, but his murder took place decades before the time in which the story actually began.
Who is Leland Sharpe?
This character made the following statement, "The letter is dead."
Who is Ms. Hussey?
Calder uses these as a tool for problem-solving, inspiration, and communication, seeing them as keys to unlock patterns.
What are pentominoes?
The name of the Vermeer painting on Calder's box.
What is The Geographer?
Where Fred hid A Lady Writing after swiping it from the cop car.
What is the Castiglione's treehouse?
The mastermind of the theft of A Lady Writing.
Who is Xavier Glitts (AKA Tommy's stepdad, Fred Steadman, or "Glitter Man"?)
This tertiary character says that Calder "breathes patterns the way other people breathe air".
Who is Calder's grandmother?
Calder and Petra enjoyed these after making important discoveries.
What are blue ones (M&M's)?
Vermeer had this many children, six more than Frank and Norma Andalee.
What is 11?
The painting, A Lady Writing, was here before it was transported to the Art Institute in Chicago, where Petra and Calder lived.
What is the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.?