The Thief Lord

Title
The Thief Lord

Author
Funke, Cornelia, 1958-

Uniform Title
Herr der Diebe. English

Publication Information
[S.l. : s.n.], 2001, c2000.

Physical Description
10 books in a canvas bag : ill., map ; 37 x 15 cm. + 1 folder.

Series
Instant book club.

General Note
Imprint may vary.
 
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title and a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders.

Subject Term
Runaway children -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
 
Street children -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
 
Orphans -- Italy -- Fiction.
 
Pickpockets -- Italy -- Fiction.
 
Brothers -- Fiction.
 
Private investigators -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
 
Thieves -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.

Genre
Mystery fiction.

Added Author
Latsch, Oliver,

Local Subject
Book club kit collection.

More Information
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Summary
Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord, " while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany.

Language Note
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)KT J FICTION FUNChecked Out