art thefts

Fifteen-year-old Kat schemes her way into the best boarding school, hoping to leave the thieving antics of her family behind her, but Hal, a former co-conspirator, appears on campus to tell Kat that a powerful mobster believes her father stole art from a priceless collection, and in order to save him, Kat will have to recover the paintings.

"As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers--museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men--found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young readers for the first time in a sweeping, dynamic adventure detailing history's greatest treasure hunt"--.

Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi while soaking up the Los Angeles sunshine. By night, she pulls off increasingly dangerous heists with a crew of teenage drag queens.

Discusses the efforts to recover the art stolen by the German Army and government.

"A new criminal in Pawston is stealing priceless works of art, but Rider, busy with an old friend, may not be able to prevent the theft of the Bona Lisa"--Provided by publisher.

"Lucas Benes faces his greatest challenge yet when he finds a secret message from his mother hidden inside a sunken cargo container. In a near-death scuba diving experience, Lucas and the New Resistance kids learn that Good Company CEO Siba G?nerro--along with her newest and most beautiful Curukians--is planning a massive art heist. Lucas and friends scour the Spanish countryside looking for clues. But to unravel the mysteries of both the robbery and the cryptic message, Lucas must first discover the only thing is worth more than priceless"--Back cover.

While dumpster diving the Makers (Michael, his cousin Liv, and their friend and computer whiz Leo) encounter a very unfriendly Mr. Patterson, the owner of Patsy's Arts and Crafts, and that sets them on the trail of a mystery--just what are Patterson and his mother, who is leaving her job at the museum, up to, and how can the Makers stop them?.

After a high profile art heist of three van Gogh drawings in her own town of Seattle, sixteen year-old Violet Rossi finds herself in Japan with her artist father, searching for the related van Gogh painting.

When Beatrice's father takes a job in Rome as the head of the head of the history department at the American Academy, she's not thrilled to be moving there. Trying to fit in with other kids in a foreign country is hard, but solving a centuries-old mystery shrouded in a creepy local legend could be just the excitement Beatrice needs. The stakes get even higher when she witnesses a crime in progress and no one believes her. Now she's on a mission to solve an old and a new mystery.

When twelve-year-olds Hannah and Maggie switch places, Hannah must prevent a famous art theft in 1905 and Maggie must cope with modern life until they can switch back.