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The Thief LordCornelia Funke

The Thief Lord

by Cornelia Funke

Ages 10–13 Reading age 11 Novel Set in everyday life adventurousthoughtful

Two runaway brothers hide in Venice among a gang of children led by a masked boy, and take a job from a stranger with a lion's head for a mask.

A story about children and a grown-up villain, adventurous and thoughtful in tone. We would put it with children of 10–13, and at a reading age of about 11 for reading alone.

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