Book Review of 'The Thief Lord' by Cornelia Funke
Premise: Two orphaned children are on the run, hiding among the crumbling canals and misty alleyways of the city of Venice. Befriended by a gang of street children and their mysterious leader, the Thief Lord, they shelter in an old, disused cinema. On their trail is a bungling detective, obsessed with disguises and the health of his pet tortoises. But a greater threat to the boys' new-found freedom is something from a forgotten past – a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself. Touching and Mysterious This riveting book will make you want to inhale it in “as few sittings as possible”. This book is about two orphaned brothers who run away. Their aunt, Esther Hartlieb, was willing to adopt the younger brother and send the older one to boarding school. However, not wanting to be seperated, they ran away to Venice, Italy since before her death, their mother told them it was the most beautiful place on Earth and would often describe it to them....