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The Mona Lisa vanishes : a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity Cover Image Book Book

The Mona Lisa vanishes : a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity / Nicholas Day ; with art by Brett Helquist.

Day, Nick (Nicholas), (author.). Helquist, Brett, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone! No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting? Travel back to an extraordinary period of revolutionary change: turn-of-the-century Paris. Walk its backstreets. Meet the infamous thieves--and detectives--of the era. And then slip back further in time and follow Leonardo da Vinci, painter of the Mona Lisa, through his dazzling, wondrously weird life. Discover the secret at the heart of the Mona Lisa--the most famous painting in the world should never have existed at all." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593643846
  • ISBN: 0593643844
  • ISBN: 9780593643853
  • ISBN: 0593643852
  • Physical Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A star is born -- She's gone -- Tell me, tell me, tell me - The Mona Lisa is nowhere, the Mona Lisa is everywhere -- Everything that is possible to do -- The consummate professional -- Marry or else -- Gigantic figures in human shape -- An improbable series of improbable events -- A wild and perfect pair -- A dangerous woman -- My name is Leonard -- The afterlife.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10-14 Random House Studio.
Grades 5-9 Random House Studio.
Awards Note:
Robert F. Sibert Medal, 2024.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa > Juvenile literature.
Art thefts > France > Paris > Juvenile literature.
Painting, Italian > Juvenile literature.
Theft from museums > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Informational works.
Creative nonfiction.
Illustrated works.

Available copies

  • 26 of 28 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Webb City Public. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Webb City Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 28 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Webb City Public Library New JF Day, Nick (Text) 38262300010999 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 04/29/2024

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