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The Thief Lord
Author(s): Cornelia Funke (Author), Christian Birmingham (Illustrator)
- Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
- Publication Date: October 1, 2011
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 380 pages
- ISBN-10: B005ONK65C
- ISBN-13: 9780545415101
Book Description
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.
