New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book
USA Today Bestseller
Winner of the 2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Outstanding Translated
Book
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
School Library Journal Best Book
of the Year
Child Magazine Best Book of the Year
ALA Notable Children's
Book
NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Art
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Two orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, have run away to Venice, where
crumbling canals and misty alleyways shelter a secret community of street
urchins. Leader of this motley crew of lost children is a clever, charming boy
with a dark history of his own: He calls himself the Thief Lord.
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and Bo relish their new "family" and life of petty crime. But their cruel aunt
and a bumbling detective are on their trail. And posing an even greater threat
to the boys' freedom is something from a forgotten past: a beautiful magical
treasure with the power to spin time itself.
THE THIEF LORD was the
first of internationally acclaimed author CORNELIA FUNKE's novels to be
translated from her native German into English, and was awarded the prestigious
Batchelder award when it was originally published in hardcover in
2003.