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The Good Thieves

By Rundell , Katherine

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year
2019
ISBN
9781408854891, 9781526608130, 9781408854907, 1408854902
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
16 MB (16803306 bytes)
Pages
1vol. (322 pages) ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

'An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand' JACQUELINE WILSONVita set her jaw, and nodded at New York City in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight.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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