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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day

July 25, 2025

On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c’est partie! The Mona Lisa, she’s gone! No one knew who was behind the heist.

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Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin

July 25, 2025

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape. It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolph (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape. Even if death is more likely.

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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade

May 20, 2025

She loved numbers, defied injustice, and helped launch a man to the moon. A Computer Called Katherine is an inspiring, beautifully illustrated story of brilliance, courage, and breaking barriers.

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Guts by Raina Telgemeier

November 12, 2024

Stomach aches, school stress, shifting friendships—Guts is a heartfelt, funny graphic novel that shows how facing your fears can lead to strength, connection, and healing for readers of all ages.

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Games of Deception by Andrew Maraniss

October 8, 2024

Basketball, politics, and propaganda collide in 1936 Berlin. Games of Deception tells the gripping true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team—and the dark truths hidden behind the Olympic spotlight.

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