The Good Thieves - The Good Thieves - Foyles Signed Edition
Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
Auflage | 2020 |
Seiten | 352 |
Format | 13,0 x 2,7 x 20,0 cm |
Gewicht | 332 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1408882655 |
EAN | 9781408882658 |
Bestell-Nr | 40888265UA |
Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019From 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.
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Likely to be the best children's book you'll read this year The Times Children's Book of the Week