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. After they reach Venice, they get desperate enough to call their aunt back, but they soon meet a small group of street urchins and join them. The leader of the group is a boy who calls himself the Thief Lord. The Thief Lord breaks into mansions and steals priceless items and gives them to the children who then sell them for money. They live off that money and sometimes pickpocket themselves. The small group of five soon discover that the Thief Lord has a secret which makes the group distrust the Thief Lord. And together, they steal a treasure “so enchanted, it can spin time”. 
My favorite part of this book is when the author describes the carousel on page 275. The theme of this book could be youth and aging, or friendship and family. Cornelia Funke has written a trilogy called the Inkheart trilogy, with the books Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath. She has also written Ghost Knight, Dragon Rider, Reckless, and more. This book is intended for 4th-8th graders. The number of pages in each chapter varies from two pages to nine pages. This book is character driven. I would rate this book 4 out of five stars.

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- Candria


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