Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors: | Latsch, Oliver.
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ISBN: | 0439404371 9780439404372 190343470X 9781903434703 1903434777 pbk 9781903434772 pbk 1905294212 9781905294213
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Notes: | Translated from the German.
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Summary: | Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany.
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Awards: | Mildred L. Batchelder Award for most outstanding children's book translated into English, 2003. PNLA Young Reader's Choice Award, Junior division, 2005.
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