My favourite characters were the four main children and all of the animals. I liked how Vita was only doing bad things, because of her grandfather. We’ve experienced this through mighty titles like The Wolf Wilder and The Explorer.I really enjoyed this book, because there was a lot of mystery and adventure in it. So how on earth can Vita construct a gang? She needs The Good Thieves to join her in working against Victor Sorrotore and his villains It seems that everything that is just and fair has been erased by Sorrotore and his web, including hope and ingenuity! At each turn of a Katherine Rundell title, we’re immersed in courage, daring and drama. Her books have an immediacy that draw us straight into the adventure. Furthermore Vita’s physical skills are limited. So, how can Vita hope to right this wrong? She is a child and then somebody from another world. His trickiness and lies have conspired against Vita’s grandfather. Chief amongst these villains is Victor Sorrotore. It is 1920’s New York, a city of brigands, liars and hooch pedlars. Furthermore, their family home has been tricked out of his possession. It seems like the pair must travel to New York for Grandfather is in trouble. (Bloomsbury) The Good Thieves opens with a telegram informing Vita and her mother of grandmother’s death. Join the adventure, climb the wall, high dive from the chandelier! ‘ The Good Thieves’ is adventure at its peak, dazzling, daring and dangerous! She will need a troupe, ‘ The Good Thieves‘, young people like her with fires of righteousness and a need to be heard in their bellies. How can Vita think she might stand up to hoodlums, murderers, liars and thieves? She will need more than determination and a plan. It is less a place for girls, particularly girls scarred through polio. Yet 1920’s New York is not a place for rightfulness. Armed with her red notebook, she is committed to facing out Victor Sorrotore, realise his motivation and see him return what is rightfully her grandfather’s. Now it is gone.Įn route to New York, Vita is charged with red-hot determination to right this wrong. it is the home he shared with Vita’s grandmother. The story of how his family built the home is inscribed on his heart.

Vita’s grandfather has been tricked out of Hudson Castle, his ancestral home.

He aches with the shame of the deception played on him. He compares her with his beloved wife, Vita’s grandmother, whom he misses. Despite appearances, Vita is made of stern stuff.

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