Case of the Portrait Vandal

Description: Raining Sam and his friends must figure out who is responsible for the vandalism at the Capitol City Museum of American History.

Brief description: Lisa K. Weber makes art for comics, kid's books, and cartoons. Her work has included graphic-novel adaptations of classic literature, illustrated books for young and middle-grade readers, and character and storyboard design for animations. She cofounded the comic book label HexComix in 2014, cocreating and illustrating its flagship title, Hex11, which earned a nomination for the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, raised in Wilmette, Illinois, and schooled in New York City, Lisa currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California, where she enjoys healthy doses of satire, science fiction, and classic-rock radio.

Review Quotes: Not since Scooby, Shaggy and the gang has a group of kids solved so many mysteries, and foiled so many evil plans. In Museum Mysteries, readers get a free pass to the top museums of Capitol City, and are introduced to four art and history buffs who solve some of the museums' more baffling mysteries. . . .history and fiction are splendidly mixed. Illustrations bring lightness to this great series for any young mystery reader.-- "School Library Connection"