The Good Thieves
£8.99
by Rundell, Katherine | General fiction (Children’s / Teenage)
Published 03/09/2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Bloomsbury Childrens Books) in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 352 pages
Description
Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell … FOYLES CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
From the winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award’An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand’ – Jacqueline Wilson’Read everything she writes’ – Daily Mail
Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack’s spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan.
Katherine Rundell’s fifth novel is a heist as never seen before – the story of a group of children who will do anything to right a wrong.
