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THE THIEF LORD
by FUNKE, Cornelia
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0439404371
- ISBN 13
- 9780439404372
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About This Item
Chicken House/Scholastic, 2002. 1st American Edition 10th Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Cornelia Funke B&W Illustrations; City Map. CONDITION: NEW 2002 Chicken House/Scholastic hardcover (blue boards) and dust jacket, first American edition, 10th printing. B&W interior illustrations by the Author. DJ art by Christian Birmingham. B&W city map. Book Sense Book of the Year, Children's Books. CONTENT: Wacky characters bring energy to this translation of an entertaining German novel about thieving children, a disguise-obsessed detective and a magical merry-go-round. After their mother dies, 12-year-old Prosper and his brother, Bo, five, flee from Hamburg to Venice (an awful aunt plans to adopt only Bo). They live in an abandoned movie theater with several other street children under the care of the Thief Lord, a cocky youth who claims to rob "the city's most elegant houses." A mysterious man hires the Thief Lord to steal a wooden wing, which the kids later learn has broken off a long-lost merry-go-round said to make "adults out of children and children out of adults," but the plan alters when Victor, the detective Aunt Esther hired to track the brothers, discovers their camp and reveals that the Thief Lord is actually from a wealthy family. There are a lot of story lines to follow, and the pacing is sometimes off (readers may feel that Funke spends too little time on what happens when the children find the carousel, and too much on the ruse they pull on Prosper's aunt). But between kindhearted Victor and his collection of fake beards, the Thief Lord in his mask and high-heeled boots, and a rascally street kid who loves to steal, Prosper's new world abounds with colorful characters. The Venetian setting is ripe for mystery and the city's alleys and canals ratchet up the suspense in the chase scenes. Ages 9-12.
Synopsis
The Thief Lord is a 2000 children's book by German author Cornelia Funke, whose books have been published in many other languages. It is available in English from Chicken House Publishing, Ltd and Scholastic. It was published in German in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House publishing company. It was also adapted into a film in 2006.
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- Bookseller
- Pacaritambo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003931
- Title
- THE THIEF LORD
- Author
- FUNKE, Cornelia
- Illustrator
- Cornelia Funke B&W Illustrations; City Map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition 10th Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0439404371
- ISBN 13
- 9780439404372
- Publisher
- Chicken House/Scholastic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 9780439404372, Children's Fiction, Origin Germany, Siblings, Oliver, Runaway, Fantasy, Children's Action/Adventure, (BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR),
- Bookseller catalogs
- Young Adult: Fantasy Series; Children's Books: Family Relationships; Family Relationships; Young Adult: Action Adventure; Teen & Young Adult; Young Adult: Magic & Paranormal;
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