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Until the Stars are Dead volume 1
Publisher
Atmosphere Press
Language
English
Description
An exceptionally-skilled thief, Ari lives deep in the forest with no one but her bobcat Jagger for company. She is determined to keep to herself as civil war drags on around her, but when a mysterious stranger appears with an unexpected job offer, she has no choice but to leave her quiet life behind.
2) The thief
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Series
Queen's thief volume 01
Language
English
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Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
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Series
Great pet heist volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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When their elderly owner goes to the hospital, Butterbean the dachshund, Walt the cat, Oscar the mynah bird, and rats Marco and Polo plan a robbery to support themselves.
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Series
(Mary E.).Dance of thieves volume 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A formidable outlaw family that claims to be the first among nations. A son destined to lead, thrust suddenly into power. Three fierce young women of the Rahtan, the queen's premier guard. A legendary street thief leading a mission, determined to prove herself. A dark secret that is a threat to the entire continent. When outlaw leader meets reformed thief, a cat-and-mouse game of false moves ensues, bringing them intimately together...
6) Rip tide
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ty discovers an entire township chained to a sunken submarine, its inhabitants condemned to an icy underwater grave. It's only the first clue to a mystery that has claimed hundreds of lives and stands to claim two more -- - lives very precious to Ty and his Topsider ally, Gemma.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 109
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar children must track down an instrument thief in time to save Greenfield's music festival from disaster.
8) True Grit
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Language
English
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In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an...
9) Six of crows
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Series
Language
English
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"Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first"--
12) Oliver Twist
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Series
Language
English
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The adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a capstone imprint
Language
English
Description
During a stormy overnight flight, a passenger's priceless necklace, then a mysterious woman, disappear, but mystery-loving teen Ellis Baker is on the case. Includes glossary, fun facts, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
14) The Thief Lord
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Language
English
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Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Teen, an imprint of Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the Belle Epoque city of Severon, Sybil Clarion and Esme Rimbaud, best friends with a secret crush on each other, find themselves drawn into a risky heist proposition from a mysterious Green Faerie named Maeve, which could offer financial security but may endanger their carefully constructed lives.
16) The Forest Queen
Author
Series
Mechania volume 0.5
Language
English
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Description
A retelling of Robin Hood in which Lady Silviana of Loughsley joins her childhood friend Bird, Little Jane, Mae Tuck, and others to become an outlaw fighting for social justice against her brother John, the Sheriff.
17) Thieves' gambit
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Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves' Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother's life.
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Series
Dopple Ganger chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House
Language
English
Description
When an anonymous note threatens someone they love, twins Sadie and Saskia Dopple are thrust into a series of crimes that look suspiciously like something from the pages of a mystery novel.
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 10
Language
English
Description
When their detective father asks them to play burglar in order to protect a client's valuable invention from thieves, the Hardy boys find themselves involved in a large and dangerous conspiracy.
20) Ruin of stars
Author
Series
Mask of shadows duology volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Language
English
Description
As Opal, Sal now has the power, prestige, and ability to exact revenge, but must first identify murderers while ignoring the fact that Elise is a virtual prisoner and the queen may have ulterior motives.
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