Pacing's perfect and the protagonist is someone my students connected with deeply. Fast and fun read, entertaining as well as thought-provoking. Good one!

Outstanding! This was a fantastic mystery/adventure with a lot of great art information thrown in. I loved the kids at the center of the story. If they turn this into a series, I will be thrilled. I'd enjoy more stories with these two characters. One of my favorite features of this book are the QR codes that take you to pictures of the art pieces the author references in the book. This is a fantastic way to show kids what the art looks like rather than just moving forward through the book. I highly recommend this book for at-home reading, classroom libraries, school/public libraries, and even art classrooms.

When a boy is found at the National Gallery in D.C with no memory of who he is or how he got there the police bring him in, set him up in a temporary foster home, and start looking for his parents. But others are looking for the boy as well. This boy is placed with a foster mom and her daughter, Camille. The next day they decide to go back to the museum to see if it will jog any memories and soon things start coming back piece by piece - his name which is Art, his backpack, his knowledge of artwork, and what happened to his father. As his memories return Art becomes more dangerous to those who are trying to find him. Can Art and Camille stay one step ahead and prevent a major art scandal?

This was a fun action, adventure, mystery!!

I am always looking for more adventure books such as davinci code but for younger people. While there have been a couple notable series i really loved the concept of this book. It really interactive and also teaches too about art and ita history but enough action to thrill even the relinctent reader.

ARC copy...It was very much an action packed ride and mystery all revovling around a boy with no memory, sinister figures and a very "art-ful" heist in progress. Reading the entire built up as very exciting plus being an art lover it was enjoy to read all the art history related tidbits (nice touch on the QR codes despite me having no means of reading it) and the actual deception itself proves to be very cleaver indeed. Good suggestion for an artful read.

The Van Gogh Deception by Deron R. Hicks is a wonderful fictional novel packed with true information. Perfect for an art, mystery, or action-loving readers. My favorite part of this book was the ending which in a way was also my least favorite part. I loved the ingenuity of the end but hated the fact that it ended. The Christmas tree falling on the bad guy was just so funny. And the recovered memory made me want to cry. However those scenes just added to the "can't put it down" feeling of the book.

Fast paced art mystery which takes place over a four day period in Washington DC . Perfect for middle graders, who will love accessing the museum pieces via QR codes.

This is a great book to hook boys and reluctant readers. It starts intriguingly and then begins to move at a fair old pace as the reader tries to keep up with the events of the story.
A good story for older primary school pupils.