The brothers decide to hide out in an old theater in Venice, where they meet a mysterious year-old boy who calls himself the "Thief Lord." Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring of street children who dabble in petty crimes. Prosper and Bo delight in being part of this colorful new family. But the Thief Lord has secrets of his own. The Thief Lord is a story of two brothers, Prosper and Bo. Prosper is twelve and Bo is five years old. After the death of their mother, they run away from their cruel Aunt Esther. Esther wants to adopt a perfect little boy, she wants Bo, and only Bo. She wants to send Prosper to boarding school. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. First Edition, hardcover, pages, ISBN: Very rare, valuable First Edition. Two orphaned children are on the run, hiding among the crumbling canals and misty alleyways of the city of Venice.
The Thief Lord. Cornelia Funke. Scholastic Inc., Oct 1, - Juvenile Fiction - pages. Reviews. The enchanting international bestseller with bonus back matter and a beautiful new cover! Two orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, have run away to Venice, where crumbling canals and misty alleyways shelter a secret community of street urchins. The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke Scholastic, Inc. Published January 1, Amazon | Barnes Noble | Goodreads. The adventure begins when an apparently grief-stricken couple hire detective Victor Getz to track down their missing nephews: Prosper, age twelve and Bo, age five. Free download or read online The Thief Lord pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in January 1st , and was written by Cornelia Funke. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. The main characters of this fantasy, young adult story are.
Bestselling German author Cornelia Funke is finally introduced to American readers with The Thief Lord. The story is set among the almost magical canals of Venice. It tells the unusual adventures of two brothers, Prosper and Bo, as they attempt to make a life for themselves without falling back into the hands of their horrid Aunt Esther. The Thief Lord is a German children’s novel by Cornelia Funke, first published in and translated into English in It tells the story of Prosper and Boniface, two brothers who run away and join a gang of street children that live in an abandoned theater. year-old Prosper and five-year-old Boniface (“Bo”) run away from home and are pursued by a detective, Victor Getz. The adventure begins when an apparently grief-stricken couple hire detective Victor Getz to track down their missing nephews: Prosper, age twelve and Bo, age five. Instead of languishing in the chill of the Venice streets as their aunt fears, Prosper and Bo have allied themselves with a band of urchins led by a boy who calls himself the Thief Lord.
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