num_pages: 432
description: Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 0399547584 ISBN13: 9780399547584.In the shadows of Sangui City there lives a girl who doesn't exist. After fleeing the Congo as refugees Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life and home. Her mother quickly found work as a maid for a prominent family headed by Roland Greyhill one of the citys most respected business leaders. But Tina soon learns that the Greyhill fortune was made from a life of corruption and crime. So when her mother is found shot to death in Mr. Greyhill's personal study she knows exactly whos behind it.With revenge always on her mind Tina spends the next four years surviving on the streets alone working as a master thief for the Goondas Sangui Citys local gang. Its a job for the Goondas that finally brings Tina back to the Greyhill estate giving her the chance for vengeance shes been waiting for. But as soon as she steps inside the lavish home shes overtaken by the pain of old wounds and the pull of past friendships setting into motion a dangerous cascade of events that could at any moment cost Tina her life. But finally uncovering the incredible truth about who killed her motherand whykeeps her holding on in this fast-paced nail-biting thriller.
language: English
title: City of Saints & Thieves
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers