Author: FUNKE, CORNELIA
Title: The Thief Lord
Description: New york: The Chicken House / Scholastic, 2002. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0439404371. Illustrated by Elizabeth Parisi. Cover Art; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Welcome to the magical underworld of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets. Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who calls himself the Thief Lord . "Funke has been called "the J. K. Rowling" of Germany; although she was highly successful in Germany, the first of her books to be translated into English was Herr der Diebe in 2002. It was subsequently released as The Thief Lord by Scholasticand made it to the number 2 spot on The New York Times Best Seller list. The fantasy novel Dragon Rider (2004) stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 78 weeks. Following the success of The Thief Lord and Dragon Rider, her next novel was Inkheart (2003) , which won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature award. ". Fine in Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0439404371 Science Fiction Cornelia Funke Elizabeth Parisi Youth Fiction Adventure Thieves Robbery Robbers and outlaws Science Fiction


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