Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2020
Vita 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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781408882658Number of pages: 352Weight: 314 gDimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'An irresistible journey... every inch of it is a delight.'-The Sunday Times
'An amazing adventure story,told with sparkling style and sleight of hand.'- Jacqueline Wilson
'A new Katherine Rundell book is always an event,but this is another triumph and then some. A wickedly exciting heist with heart,I can but marvel at this new delight from one of my favourite storytellers ever.'- Kiran Millwood Hargrave,author of The Girl of Ink & Stars
'A total showstopper of a story. Rundell's finest yet.'- Emma Carroll,author of Letters from the Lighthouse
'The Good Thieves is a story-telling spectacle - it glitters with adventure,family,friendship,and an irresistible sprinkling of impossibility.'- Catherine Doyle,author of The Storm Keeper's Island
'I love the way Katherine puts Impossible on hold while she tells her wild,warm,shimmering stories.'- Hilary McKay,author of The Skylarks'War
'Increasingly,I feel that doctors should prescribe Katherine Rundell books to patients - all that wisdom,all that humour,all that irrepressible joy. The Good Thieves is,predictably,superb.'- Abi Elphinstone,author of Sky Song
'It's full of mischief,vibrance,tenacity and wonder.'- Cerrie Burnell,author of The Girl with the Shark's Teeth
'Lights a spark in your heart from the very first line and sets it blazing with danger,daring,high-wire thrills and a vivid,unstoppable spirit of love and hope. I adored it.'- Lauren St John,author of the Laura Marlin Mysteries
'Another satisfying instalment in Rundell's ongoing saga of adventure and derring-do. Filled with all the tension,justice and excitement you expect from her,The Good Thieves doesn't put a foot wrong,as it plots and plans,twists and turns,flies and falls as Vita and her gang plot the heist of the decade,on the side of good.'- A. F. Harrold,author of The Afterwards
'A truly excellent book...Stolen castles,daring heists,prohibition,pickpockets,animal adventure,the circus,a truly terrifying villain and four of the best protagonists I've ever encountered. Plus Katherine Rundell's glorious prose.'- Katherine Webber,co-author of Sam Wu Is Not Afraid
'Katherine Rundell's writing is always beautiful,but The Good Thieves hits a whole new level for me. It's just dazzling! I adore fierce,vibrant Vita,and the plot is SO compelling.'- Stephanie Burgis,author of The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart
'Rundell is now unarguably in the first rank.'- Philip Pullman on The Explorer
'Rundell is a class act.'- The Times
'One of our most talented writers for children.'- Observer
'I cannot imagine the child who wouldn't be delighted by it.'- Independent on The Explorer
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