art thefts

Fifteen-year-old New Yorkers Lauren and David--brought together by Lauren's art teacher, who is also David's grandmother, a former Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighter, and a survivor of Auschwitz--stumble into an adventure involving an old diary in code, paintings smuggled during World War II, two kidnappings, and the Russian mafia.

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.

Frank and Joe Hardy search for a stolen Mid-Eastern art treasure to win release of their friend Chet Morton, told in graphic novel format.

When she practically witnesses the theft of a valuable painting, twelve-year-old Mattie does her own detective work to trap the thief.

Viewing the growing illicit trade in antiquities the author offers proposals designed to protect the remnants of man's past.

Presents a fictionalized account of the theft of the famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, in simple text with illustrations, describing the events of August 21, 1911, when Vincenzo Perugia stole it from the Louvre.