{"product_id":"the-good-thieves-9781481419499","title":"The Good Thieves","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A satisfying adventure.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a fast-paced and utterly thrilling adventure driven by the loyalty and love between a grandfather and his granddaughter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Vita's grandfather's mansion is taken from him by a powerful real estate tycoon, Vita knows it's up to her to make things right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the help of a pickpocket and her new circus friends, Vita creates \u003ci\u003ethe plan\u003c\/i\u003e: Break into the mansion. Steal back what's rightfully her grandfather's. Expose the real estate tycoon for the crook he truly is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 1920s Manhattan is ever-changing and full of secrets. It might take more than Vita's ragtag gang of misfits to outsmart the city that never sleeps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author Katherine Rundell has created an utterly gripping tour de-force about loyalty, trust, and the lengths to which we'll go for the ones we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Rundell is the author of \u003ci\u003eRooftoppers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCartwheeling in Thunderstorms\u003c\/i\u003e (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner), \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Wilder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Zebra's Great Escape\u003c\/i\u003e. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631351238930,"sku":"9781481419499","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06c58704-b484-4e15-aed4-50e113afa99b.jpg?v=1737265181","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-thieves-9781481419499","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}