The Second Mrs. Gioconda (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416903420)

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.

Author: E. L. Konigsburg
ISBN-10: 1416903429
ISBN-13: 9781416903420
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.52w x 0.45d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 24949 / Second Mrs. Giaconda/Gioconda


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Children's Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 58