Bibliograph

The good thief, by Hannah Tinti

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The good thief, by Hannah Tinti

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

800L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The good thief

Oclc number

217262979

Responsibility statement

by Hannah Tinti

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.4, 14, 14, 134250

Summary

"Twelve year-old Ren is missing his left hand. How it was lost is a mystery that Ren has been trying to solve for his entire life, as well as who his parents are, and why he was abandoned as an infant at Saint Anthonys Orphanage for boys. He longs for a family to call his own and is terrified of the day he will be sent alone into the world. But then a young man named Benjamin Nab appears, claiming to be Rens long-lost brother, and his convincing tale of how Ren lost his hand and his parents persuades the monks at the orphanage to release the boy and to give Ren some hope. But is Benjamin really who he says he is? Journeying through a New England of whaling towns and meadowed farmlands, Ren is introduced to a vibrant world of hardscrabble adventure filled with outrageous scam artists, grave robbers, and petty thieves. If he stays, Ren becomes one of them. If he goes, hes lost once again. As Ren begins to find clues to his hidden parentage he comes to suspect that Benjamin not only holds the key to his future, but to his past as well."--, Amazon

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