Funke, Cornelia,  1958- <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, November 2005.  School Library Journal starred, October 2002.  Five Owls, June 2003.  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, April 2003.  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2002.  Wilson's Junior High School.  School Library Journal starred.  Five Owls. 
<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/> 5.3  Follett Library Resources.  5-8  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0439404371 9780439404372 
<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/>Runaway children--Fiction.<br/>Brothers--Fiction.<br/>Mystery fiction.<br/>Thieves--Fiction.<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/>Venice (Italy)--Fiction.<br/>Italy--Fiction.<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]