Nick Day
1) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world-and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all"--
2) Vegas
Author
Series
Publisher
EPIC Escape, an imprint of EPIC Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After both getting rejected by their prom dates, two best friends, Mitch and Kendra, decide to leave their high school woes behind. What follows is a wild ride through roadside diners, the endless desert, the alluring Las Vegas Strip--and encounters with danger Mitch and Kendra hoped to never find. After all, they say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas--but only if you manage to get back home" -- Page [4] cover.
3) Surprised?
Author
Series
Publisher
EPIC Escape, an imprint of EPIC Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sara is nearing the end of her first year at college, and can't wait for summer vacation. But out of nowhere she gets a surprising phone call: her estranged father is getting remarried--and he wants her at the wedding. Sara's best friend Pete volunteers to drive to Texas with her. But is this how Sara wants to spend her summer? Driving a thousand miles to spend time with someone she barely knows, and traveling with someone who might have something...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sylvia Samantha Wright is very good at finding--she just doesn't know exactly what all her 'junk' is good for, not yet at least. But when completely ridiculous disaster strikes, she springs into action and uses her junk to create solutions to the town's troubles" --
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"August 29, 1952: An audience at the Maverick Concert Hall waits -- and waits -- for the pianist David Tudor to start playing. Little do they know that the performance has already begun. Tudor did not need his piano that night. He was performing 4' 33", a piece with no notes, a piece of seemingly nothing at all. But nothing is never silent. The composer, John Cage, was asking the audience to open their ears: to the rustling of the trees, the...