![]() Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. 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. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. 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. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Katherine will be a World Book Day author for 2021. ![]() As well as writing, she studies Renaissance literature and is learning, as a direct result of writing The Good Thieves, to fly on the trapeze. ![]() ![]() ![]() _ FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award _ 'An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand' - Jacqueline Wilson 'Read everything she writes' - Daily Mail _ Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Katherine spent her childhood in Africa and Europe before taking her degree at the University of Oxford and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College. Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell. ![]()
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