The Good Thieves - Katherine Rundell

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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