The night thief
By: Barbara Fradkin
Series: Rapid reads; Rapid reads
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9781459808669
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Homeless boys; Fiction
Description: "Simple country handyman Cedric O'Toole relies on his organic vegetable garden to supplement his meager income, so he's upset when vegetables begin disappearing. After several futile attempts to protect the garden, he stakes it out one night with his shotgun and spots a shadowy figure running into the woods. Cedric follows and finds a young boy living rough on his land. The boy has never been taught to read or write, and no one has reported him missing. No stranger to childhood neglect himself, Cedric takes the boy under his wing and tries to find answers. Who is the mystery boy, and why is he hiding in the woods?"--Amazon.com.
Notes: "A Cedric O'Toole mystery"--Cover.