The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke, Oliver Latsch Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Thief Lord
Book Review: A Warm and Delightful Tale
Summary: 5 Stars
Twelve-year-old Prosper and his five-year-old brother Bo (Boniface) are orphans who want to stay together, but their aunt Esther Hartlieb, into whose custody they were supposed to pass, wants to keep Bo, but place Prosper in an orphanage. So the boys leave their home town of Hamburg, Germany, and make their way to Venice, Italy, where they are taken in by Hornet, a Venice street girl about Prosper's age, who lives in an abandoned movie theater with two street boys, Riccio and Mosca. The five kids are watched over by Scipio, the Thief Lord, who is also about their age, but who doesn't sleep in the theater with them. None of the children know where the Thief Lord does sleep.
Aunt Esther and uncle Max hire Victor, a private detective, who soon finds the kids, and also discovers the Thief Lord's real identity, but by this time Esther and Max have left town, so he doesn't get to tell them right away.
This is a love story on several levels; not just of the brotherly love between Prosper and Bo, but also the love of Renzo and Morosina; the love of Scipio and Hornet for the other children; the love of Ida Spavento for all children; and some others I won't mention lest I give away too much.
Most of the major characters are complex and interesting enough for an adult reader to enjoy. If you are a parent of pre-teens, this would be a good story to read to them.
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Book Review: A good, not great, book
Summary: 4 Stars
As I was reading the first 50 pages of this book, I felt like putting it down. but then I absolutely loved it.
It was good because it was written with every great writers' tecnique. But it did have a ridiculously large amount of chapters, and sometimes it dragged. But, overall, a good book.
Book Review: A great book
Summary: 4 Stars
The Thief Lord is a great adventure and fantasy book. It takes place in Venice, Italy. It's where two boys, Prosper and Bo, ran away from their mean Aunt and Uncle to Venice, Italy. They meet a group of kids in an old movie theater. One kid calls himself "Thief Lord". He lead the kids on an adventure, and makes mischief throughout the city. Prospers and Bo's aunt and uncle hire a detective to try to find them. Then they find some thing that changes all their lives. I really liked this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure and suspenseful.Book Review: Absolutely a wonderful read!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had seen Theif Lord on the shelves, and never paid it a second glance. but before a big plane trip i grabbed it. i was incredibly surprised. it was wonderful! i loved this book, loved it loved it loved it! the characters(spelling?), were a little flat, but they were marvelous characters with obviously different personalities. I loved Scipio! He was the theif lord with a dark secret that threatens to ruin everything.... and Prosper and Wasp... They were all great.
The story is about two brothers, Prosper and Bo, that have run away from their guardians. They go to Venice,[ smiles and sighs to self] and are taken in by a group of kids that are all clever thieves. this group of kids is mainly taken care of by the thief lord. The guardians hire a detective to find the brothers. The thief lord gets a big job, the largest he's ever had, and that leads to a great theft that they're all caught at. This theft leads to somethign truly odd and mysterious. A merry go round that- well you'll jsut have to see.
what happens when the detctive gets a little too close to the theif lord and the others? and what will happen when the thief lords secret is revealed to everyone? Will Prosper have Bo taken away? Will all the children go to jail? You have got to read this book. It is WONDERFUL! You will not regret it.
PS- I want a sequal to this one too :)
Book Review: Adventures
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great adventure!!!! It is a book my son and friends enjoyed a lot!!! I plan to read it ALL this Christmas break.