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(FIC Arden, W)  Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Shrinking House by William Arden. The three investigators solve a case involving an international gang of art forgers.

(FIC Atwood, M)  Cat’s Eye by Margaret  Eleanor Atwood. A painter returns home to come to terms with her painful childhood relationship with three girls.

(FIC Brown, D) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Investigating the murder of a Louvre curator, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and a French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, find clues painted into a Da Vinci work, inadvertently uncovering a plot involving the Holy Grail and the Secret society known as the Priory of Sion.

(FIC Chevlier, T)  Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. In 17th century Delft, 16 year old Griet goes to work as a maid in the home of the renowned painter Vermeer.  When she catches the eye of the master and becomes a vital part of his work, tensions rise in the ordered household

(FIC Deaver)  Chicago Blues by Julie Reece Deaver. Lissa, a 17 year old art student living on her own in Chicago, must raise her 11 year old sister when their alcoholic mother becomes incapable of caring for her.

(FIC Feiffer, J)  The Man in the Ceiling by Jules Feiffer. The story of a boy cartoonist who dreams of becoming a professional artist doing what he likes best.

(FIC Gibson, E)  Colleen by  Eva Gibson. Colleen Lloyd is determined to develop her talents as a seascape artist until a devastating storm destroys paintings and takes away her newfound independence.

(FIC McKay)  Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay. After learning that she was adopted, 13 year old Saffron’s relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special memento of her past.

(FIC Nixon)  Who Are You? By Joan Lowery Nixon. When the police discover that a man who has been shot is keeping a file of her entire life, 16 year old Kristi, an aspiring artist, suspects a connection with the possible theft of a painting from a museum.

(FIC Paulsen, G)  The Monument by Gary Paulsen. Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.