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"A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes." -- Booklist "A satisfying adventure." -- Kirkus Rev...

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Main Author: Rundell, Katherine (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2019.
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Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Stealing > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:"A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes." -- Booklist "A satisfying adventure." -- Kirkus Reviews From award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a fast-paced, sharp-turning, and utterly thrilling adventure, one driven at its heart by an extraordinarily powerful evocation of the loyalty and love between a grandfather and his granddaughter. 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.
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ISBN:9781481419505
Author Notes:Katherine Rundell was born in 1987. She is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Her books include The Girl Savage and The Wolf Wilder. She received several awards including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Award in 2014 for Rooftoppers, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, and the Costa Award for Children's book in 2017 for The Explorers.

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