The Thief Lord
What's The Thief Lord About
The enchanting international bestseller with bonus back matter and a beautiful new cover! Two orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, have run away to Venice, where crumbling canals and misty alleyways shelter a secret community of street urchins. Leader of this motley crew of lost children is a clever, charming boy with a dark history of his own: He calls himself the Thief Lord. Propser and Bo relish their new “family” and life of petty crime. But their cruel aunt and a bumbling detective are on their trail. And posing an even greater threat to the boys’ freedom is something from a forgotten past: a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself.
Reviews
I've loved everything I've read of Cornelia Funke's and this book was no exception. The multiple and ever-unfolding layers of reality and truth combine with the magic of Funke's storytelling (and the magic of the carousel) to create a compelling story full of adventure, intrigue (with lots of sleuthing and sneaking!) and the most important discovery of what family really means and who family really is.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Cornelia Funke is the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, and the Inkheart trilogy, along with many other chapter and picture books for younger readers. She lives in Los Angeles, California, in a house filled with books.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780545227704
- Publication Date
- May 1, 2010
- Publisher
- Chicken House
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 2000
- Page Count
- 368
- Words Per Page
- 233
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- 700L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Q
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 13
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 63446
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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