The 500 Million Dollar Heist: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Thirteen Missing Masterpieces (Unsolved Case Files #3)

by Tom Sullivan (Author) Tom Sullivan (Illustrator)

The 500 Million Dollar Heist: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Thirteen Missing Masterpieces (Unsolved Case Files #3)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

The third book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases details the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist--the largest, and one of the most famous, art thefts in the world.

CASE NO. 003: THE GARDNER

MARCH 18, 1990

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

1:24 a.m.

Two thieves posing as Boston Police officers gain entry to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Once inside, they steal thirteen pieces of art, including several rare Rembrandts.

Eighty-one minutes later, these men walk off with $500 million worth of art. This heist is the single largest private property theft in the United States--and despite decades of investigation and dozens of false leads, the case remains unsolved to this day.

Don't miss the first two gripping installments in this thrilling series, Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet and Unsolved Case Files: Jailbreak at Alcatraz.

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Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780062991584
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Publication date
August 20, 2022
Series
Unsolved Case Files
BISAC categories
JNF006040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History
JNF025210 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/20th Century
JNF002000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
JNF030000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Law & Crime
JNF062020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | History
Library of Congress categories
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