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McCarthy, Meghan

Steal Back the Mona Lisa!

(3) K-3 Crooks with a mustache fetish have nabbed the Mona Lisa, and Jack must rescue her famous smile from certain defacement (of the handlebar variety). McCarthy's text is knowingly self-conscious--and funny. She hams it up with lines straight out of an old radio drama ("Is the Mona Lisa doomed?"). Noirish illustrations show off Jack's swell gadgets (insta-blimp cord, laser light, etc.).

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