The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Rundell, Katherine

The Good Thieves

264 pp. | Simon | August, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-1948-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-1950-5

(2) 4-6 Twelve-year-old Vita travels from England to New York City with her WWI-widowed mother after her grandfather loses his home (a small, rundown castle) to a real estate developer with criminal ties. Vita teams up with a street-smart pickpocket and two circus performers to launch an elaborate plot to get the castle back--a caper that turns into a fight for survival. Rundell's gift for pithy description brings the personalities and the world of Jazz Age New York to life.

Reviewer: Sarah Rettger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2019