Age
4-8
Grade
K-2
Meghan McCarthy
Steal Back the Mona Lisa!
Hardcover
(Harcourt Children's Books Oct. 1, 2006)
While our hero, Jack,* sleeps in New York, a couple of crooked crooks are stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in Paris. Their intentions are dark--they plan to deface the famous painting with a mustache! Can brave Jack come to the rescue . . . before it's too late? With bold cartoony illustrations and action-packed text, the talented Meghan McCarthy has created a whirlwind spy tale filled with speeding cars, daring escapes, and astounding heroism. *Names may have been changed to protect secret-agent identities.Includes an author's note with information about the actual theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.
- ISBN
- 0152053689 /
- Pages
- 40
- Weight
- 14.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 9.1 x 10.3
in.