The Good Thieves

By Katherine Rundell

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ...
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FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award
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'An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand' - Jacqueline Wilson
'Read everything she writes' - Daily Mail
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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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Jun 13, 2019
• ISBN: 9781408854907

Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner), The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, The Good Thieves, and The Zebra’s Great Escape. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges.

Reviews for The Good Thieves

[mollygroff · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

the first thing that made me pick it up, was the beautiful cover (the one with the kids on the boat). It was very differnt than I was expecting but it was pretty great. It got a little slow, but picked up soon after.

[joncarr_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Entertaining book by a favorite author. Rundell creates interesting characters and puts them in unusual situations. I did not like this one as much as Explorer, though. The story is a little sluggish in the 3rd quarter, but picks up with a strong finish at the end.