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The Thief Lord (BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (AWARDS)) by Cornelia Funke, Christian Birmingham, Angelika Lundquist-Mog, Cornelia Caroline Funke, Yosefyah Simon is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>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. <p> <p>Propser 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. <p>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. <p> <p>New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book <p>USA Today Bestseller <p>Winner of the 2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Outstanding Translated Book <p>Book Sense Book of the Year Award <p>School Library Journal Best Book of the Year <p>Child Magazine Best Book of the Year <p>ALA Notable Children's Book <p>NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Langu
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- Author
- Cornelia Funke, Christian Birmingham, Angelika Lundquist-Mog, Cornelia Caroline Funke, Yosefyah Simon
- Publisher
- Scholastic; The Chicken House
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780545227704
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (61,489 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Herr der Diebe : mit Illustrationen der Autorin (2002)
- Herr der Diebe : mit Illustrationen der Autorin (2001)
- The Thief Lord (2002)
- The Thief Lord (2010)
- El Señor De Los Ladrones / the Thief Lord (Isla del Tiempo) (2002)
- Herr der Diebe : mit Illustrationen der Autorin (2000)
- El senor de los ladrones / The Thief Lord (La Isla Del Tiempo) (2005)
- El Señor de Los Ladrones (2000)
- The Thief Lord (2011)
- Herr der Diebe (2016)
- The Thief Lord (BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (AWARDS)) (2002)
- Herr der Diebe (2013)
- The Thief Lord (2000)
- Herr der Diebe : mit Illustrationen der Autorin (2012)
- The Thief Lord (BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (AWARDS)) (2010)
- Herr der Diebe (2014)
- El Senor De Los Ladrones / Thief Lord (2008)
- El señor de los ladrones [R1] (2011)
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