The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day; Illustrated by Brett Helquist (Hardcover) KNOPF and a civil rights book

and a civil rights book

Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to

and free-climbs up rotting trees to check nests for precious eggs

the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland returns with The Past Is Red

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day; Illustrated by Brett Helquist (Hardcover) KNOPF and a civil rights bookA witty thriller (The New York Times) for middle grade readers about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the worldand how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all. SIBERT MEDAL WINNER BOSTON GLOBEHORN BOOK AWARD WINNER ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, The New York Public Library,