{"product_id":"9780593904213","title":"The Mona Lisa Vanishes","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The tale of a stunning art heist with a contagious love of stranger-than-fiction true stories!”—Steve Sheinkin, Newbery Honor–winning author of \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe true story of how Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece became the most famous painting in the world after being stolen from the Louvre, written as a “witty thriller” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIBERT MEDAL WINNER • BOSTON GLOBE—HORN BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooklist, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, The New York Public Library, The Chicago Public Library, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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, \u003ci\u003eLa Joconde, c’est partie\u003c\/i\u003e! The \u003ci\u003eMona Lisa,\u003c\/i\u003e she’s gone!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravel 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 \u003ci\u003eMona Lisa,\u003c\/i\u003e through his dazzling, wondrously weird life. Discover the secret at the heart of the \u003ci\u003eMona Lisa\u003c\/i\u003e—the most famous painting in the world should never have existed at all.","brand":"Nicholas Day","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":51644349775928,"sku":"9780593904213","price":13.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0218\/3858\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a2f06fee-830c-4a22-9e1f-a710fb3562fa.jpg?v=1776106462","url":"https:\/\/nutsandshells.com\/products\/9780593904213","provider":"Nuts \u0026 Shells","version":"1.0","type":"link"}