Bibliograph

The Thief Lord, Cornelia Funke ; English translation, Oliver Latsch ; map by Lothar Meier

Type

Label

The Thief Lord, Cornelia Funke ; English translation, Oliver Latsch ; map by Lothar Meier

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 9-14

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Thief Lord

Oclc number

49495048

Responsibility statement

Cornelia Funke ; English translation, Oliver Latsch ; map by Lothar Meier

Summary

Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification