num_pages: 350
description: Winter has come early to Venice. Two orphaned children are on the run, hiding among the crumbling canals and misty alleyways of the city. Befriended by a gang of street children and their mysterious leader, the Thief Lord, they shelter in an old, disused cinema. On their trail is a bungling detective, obsessed with disguises and the health of his pet tortoises. But a greater threat to the boys' new-found freedom is something from a forgotten past - a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself.
language: English
title: The Thief Lord
titlecomplete: The Thief Lord
characters: Prosper Hartlieb, Mosca, Caterina 'Hornet' Grimani, Boniface Hartlieb, Riccio, Victor Getz, Scipio Massimo, Ernesto Barbarossa, Esther Hartlieb, Contessa, Ida Spavento, Conte, Max Hartlieb
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Italy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Juvenile, Mystery
ratings_count: 96041
places: Venice
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Batchelder Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Teen Book, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Zurich Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: The Children's Book Award from the Vienna House of Literature, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Junior, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser
category: Kinderbuch, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Corine Internationaler Buchpreis
category: Kinder- und Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premi Protagonista Jove
category: Categoria 12-14 anys
publisher: The Chicken House