Funke, Cornelia Caroline. <br/><br/>
The Thief Lord / 
Cornelia Funke ; [English translation, Oliver Latsch ; interior illustrations, Cornelia Funke]. 
 - 1st American ed. 
 - New York :  Scholastic,  2002. 
 - 349 p. :  ill., map ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Translation of: Herr der Diebe.  "The Chicken House."  Originally published: Hamburg, Germany : Cecile Dressler, c2000.  "First published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by The Chicken House ... Somerset"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Junior High School, September 2003  School Library Journal starred, October 2002  Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004  Publisher's Weekly, June 2002  Kirkus Starred, August 2002  Booklist, October 2002  New York Times, November 2002  Horn Book, November 2002  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2002  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2003 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 6.8  5-8  Follett Library Resources 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0439404371 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002021037 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Runaways--Fiction.<br/>Robbers and outlaws--Fiction.<br/>Brothers--Fiction.<br/>Detectives--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Venice (Italy)--Fiction.<br/>Italy--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.F96624  / Th 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]