| The Second Mrs. Gioconda Contributor(s): Konigsburg, E. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416903429 ISBN-13: 9781416903420 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: This classic novel by the Newbery Medalist ("The View from Saturday") explores the mystery behind Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece. Could the links between the artist, a lying apprentice, and a young duchess hold the key to the historical riddle of the "Mona Lisa's" smile? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Renaissance - Juvenile Fiction | Art |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005277876 |
| Lexile Measure: 840 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.52" W x 8.26" (0.32 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 24949 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile -- why Leonardo da Vinci devoted three years to a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? Only a master storyteller like two-time Newberry Medal-winner E.L. Konigsburg could create such an intriguing answer to the puzzle behind the most famous painting of all time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Konigsburg, E. L.: - E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday. Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World. |