| Pentominoes | Frank LLoyd Wright | The Robie House | Fibonacci Numbers | The Invisible Man |
THE WRIGHT 3
A novel by Blue Balliett
The Wright 3 is the sequel to Chasing Vermeer, by Blue Balliett. The underlying plot elements include:
- 3-D pentominoes
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- the Robie House
- Fibonacci numbers
- The Invisible Man and mysterious occurrences
Calder's friend Tommy, who moved away a year before, has moved back to Hyde Park, Chicago. He is immediately jealous of Calder and Petra as they received the "glory" of saving a Vermeer painting in the previous book (Chasing Vermeer). Tommy feels that he deserves something, as he is the "expert finder." In his first new day of class, Ms. Hussey announces that the world-famous Robie House is soon to be demolished, which she considers to be murder. The class takes a field trip to the house, and discovers that there are many secrets concerning the building that they were not aware of. After Tommy learns to tolerate, and (later) actually like Petra, the three (who call themselves the Wright 3) work to save the house. Tommy finds a fish talisman in the Robie House garden and realizes it was worth a lot of money. Finally, after saving their own lives, they manage to save that of the house. In every illustration, there is a drawing of a fish (referring to Frank Lloyd Wright's luck talisman) that is usually hidden by nature.