Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
Written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
Edition
The New York Times 2015 Best Illustrated Children’s Books
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction
Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2015, Picture Books
Amazon.com Best Books of the Year 2015, Nonfiction
Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Middle Readers
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing 2015, Children’s Books
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
CBC Children’ Choice Book Awards 2016 Finalist, Children’s Choice Illustrator
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Biography and Memoir
Written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
Hardcover edition
Publisher Penguin Imprint Viking ISBN9780670016525
Awards and Honors Capitol Choices 2016The New York Times 2015 Best Illustrated Children’s Books
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction
Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2015, Picture Books
Amazon.com Best Books of the Year 2015, Nonfiction
Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Middle Readers
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing 2015, Children’s Books
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
CBC Children’ Choice Book Awards 2016 Finalist, Children’s Choice Illustrator
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Biography and Memoir
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
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9780670016525J
Early 1900s: Tricky Vic first conned Chicago mobster Al Capone. Eventually, he went to Paris to “pull off something big, a con that would secure his future for years to come.” Glossary. Selected sources. Author’s note. Black-and-white photograph of Robert Miller, aka Victor Lustig. Full-color mixed-media illustrations.
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