After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord." The boys join Scipio's world of robbing the rich to support themselves. Soon, they win the heart of the detective hired to track them and begin an adventure that leads them to an old merry-go-round believed to have special powers.
year: 2002, 2003, 2010, 2004, 2005, 2000, 2006
call number/section: 1000
subjects: runaways, fiction, robbers and outlaws, brothers, detectives, runaway children, venice (italy), fiction, italy, readers rule, other worlds, orphans, thieves, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction, large print books, children, audiobooks
Editions
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Scholastic (2002)
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
Schools: 85
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Apple Signature (2003)
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
Schools: 4
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Scholastic (2010)
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord.".
Schools: 6
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Thorndike Press (2004)
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
Schools: 1
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Thorndike Press (2005)
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord.".
Schools: 1
Funke, Cornelia
Scholastic (2000)
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord.".
Schools: 0
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006)
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
Schools: 0
Sayle, Alexei
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006)
After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord." The boys join Scipio's world of robbing the rich to support themselves. Soon, they win the heart of the detective hired to track them and begin an adventure that leads them to an old merry-go-round believed to have special powers.
Schools: 0
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
Schools: 31
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
Schools: 1
Sayle, Alexei
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006)
After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord." The boys join Scipio's world of robbing the rich to support themselves. Soon, they win the heart of the detective hired to track them and begin an adventure that leads them to an old merry-go-round believed to have special powers.
Schools: 1