“The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity” written by Nicholas Day and illustrated by Brett Helquist

Genre: Middle-grade/Narrative Non-fiction

Section in the library: Coming soon to Juvenile Non-fiction

3.5 Stars

This is well-written for a middle-grade non-fiction novel. It is very informative without being boring. It reads a bit like a thriller and makes it fun to read the history of the Mona Lisa. On an August day in Paris, a guard at The Louve notices something wrong. Where the Mona Lisa should be there is nothing but empty glass. The painting is assumed to be in a different area of the museum being photographed. After asking around the museum, the guard discovered that it was not in the building and had been stolen.