the Calder Game

This imaginitive novel by Blue Balliet is based on three friends, well two, and another who solve a mystery using mad skills and superior intellect.
Alexander Calder; an american sculptor. a few of his works,

L'empennage (1953), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Nubes Flotantes (1953),
Aula Magna de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Mural Wall Painted for Stillman House (1954)

The Four Elements (1961), Moderna Museet, installation in front of the museum entrance

Le Tamanoir (1963),
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Têtes et Queue (1965),
Berlin, Germany

De tre vingarna (The Three Wings) (1967), Blå Stället, Angered, Gothenburg, Sweden.

La Grande Vitesse (1969), Grand Rapids, Michigan

Bobine (1970), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Le Halebardier (1971), Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

Crinkly avec disc rouge (1973), Schlossplatz in Stuttgart, Germany

Feuille d'arbre (1974),
Tel Aviv, Israel

Calder was well known for his mobiles.

Calder was named for this artist. He and his father are going to england to on a bussiness trip. in the small town where they are visiting a Calder sculptor is on display. on the same night two calders go missing, one, a boy, another, a piece of art.

Kidnapped!

this series had me hooked I read the whole series in six hours -grant, there are only three books and they are rather short...-  
now imagine you are meg falcouner your parents were previously convicted (an innocent) of helping terrorists but now one year after her parents where freed meg is kidnapped. is it a mere ransom kidnapping or perhaps a scheme for revenge on meg's parent's...

more info: the kidnapped series was written by Gordon Kormen