The Thief Lord

The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke, is a jaw dropping fantasy adventure that kept me reading and reading! 345 pages of non-stop adventure for a kid named Scipio and his gang. Though not knowing "The Thief Lords" true backround, Prosper, Bo, Hornet, Mosca, and Riccio find lodging in a run down movie theatre waiting for Scipio to bring in the latest steal. Prosper and Bo ran away from their aunt and uncle to find their dream home in a magical place their mother always talked about: VENICE! But little did this run down city know about these runaways and children with their incredible secrets! A major break in will get the kids millions of dollars but who would have thought that the house keeper would be their only hope for survival in the future? Prosper's aunt hires a detective to find his little brother Bo, but the little theifs out smart him big time. He is a key part to an adventure to break onto an island to look for a magical merry-go-round. The merciful sisters had this merry-go-round for all of the orphans but what they didn't know was that it held a magical power to turn kids into adults, and adults into kids. This book shows that it doesn't matter how small you are, just live your life to the highest degree. Through weaving canals to magical merry-go-rounds, Venice is full of surprises for you to discover. A-