"A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes." --Booklist
"A satisfying adventure." --Kirkus Reviews From award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a fast-paced and utterly thrilling adventure driven by the loyalty and love between a grandfather and his granddaughter. When Vita's grandfather's mansion is taken from him by a powerful real estate tycoon, Vita knows it's up to her to make things right. With the help of a pickpocket and her new circus friends, Vita creates the plan: Break into the mansion. Steal back what's rightfully her grandfather's. Expose the real estate tycoon for the crook he truly is. But 1920s Manhattan is ever-changing and full of secrets. It might take more than Vita's ragtag gang of misfits to outsmart the city that never sleeps. Award-winning author Katherine Rundell has created an utterly gripping tour de-force about loyalty, trust, and the lengths to which we'll go for the ones we love.
Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/27/2019
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781481419482
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 503907 / Good Thieves
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019
Booklist 07/01/2019 pg. 70
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
School Library Journal 07/19/2019 pg. 1
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 99
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
"Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes." --Booklist
"A satisfying adventure." --Kirkus Reviews From award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a fast-paced and utterly thrilling adventure driven by the loyalty and love between a grandfather and his granddaughter. When Vita's grandfather's mansion is taken from him by a powerful real estate tycoon, Vita knows it's up to her to make things right. With the help of a pickpocket and her new circus friends, Vita creates the plan: Break into the mansion. Steal back what's rightfully her grandfather's. Expose the real estate tycoon for the crook he truly is. But 1920s Manhattan is ever-changing and full of secrets. It might take more than Vita's ragtag gang of misfits to outsmart the city that never sleeps. Award-winning author Katherine Rundell has created an utterly gripping tour de-force about loyalty, trust, and the lengths to which we'll go for the ones we love.
Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/27/2019
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781481419482
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 503907 / Good Thieves
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019
Booklist 07/01/2019 pg. 70
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
School Library Journal 07/19/2019 pg. 1
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 99
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
About the Author
Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner), The Wolf Wilder, and The Explorer. 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.