Katherine Rundell

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From the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon Impossible Creatures Ungekürzte Lesung. 317 Min.

Sprecher: Cabourn-Smith, Margaret

Beschreibung

Bloomsbury presents The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell, read by Margaret Cabourn-Smith. 'An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand' - Jacqueline Wilson FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 A glittering, page-turning adventure set amidst the streets of New York, The Good Thieves is a modern classic from internationally bestselling author Katherine Rundell Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan. Katherine Rundell's fifth novel is a heist as never seen before - the story of a group of children who will do anything to right a wrong. 'Read everything she writes' - Daily Mail Get ready to go on an unforgettable adventure with Katherine Rundell…

Autor

Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, among many others. Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children’s Fiction Book of the Year. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526616050
• Artikelnr.: 70166941

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Rundell is an astonishing young talent and her books combine old-fashioned, edge-of-your-seat adventure with richly imagined characters... Read everything she writes

Likely to be the best children's book you'll read this year The Times Children's Book of the Week