In the dead of night, as the shops of Venice stand idly by and the winged lions and mythical creatures awake, the Thief Lord cuts through the night like a dagger, his prizes in hand. Or so Prosper and Bo thought. Prosper, age twelve, and Boniface, age six, recently had there mother taken away from them by Death. They had heard countless stories of Venice, the winged lions that guard the rooftops, the water creatures that walk up the stone steps of the canals, and the roads made of water. When they run away from their wicked Aunt Esther, they hop on a train to Venice. Prosper and Bo didn’t know where to go until Riccio, Hornet, Mosca, and the Thief Lord take him in and give them a home. All is well in their abandoned movie theatre, until the Thief lord accepts a job offer from the count to steal a lion’s wing from Ida Spavento that goes to the magical merry-go-round of the Merciful Sisters…
This book has a wonderful setting and can paint vivid images in your mind with only a few of the authors words. I would recommend this book to another person because it was very thrilling to me and kept me on the edge of my seat. I am rating this book a seven out of ten. I also learned many Italian words from The Thief Lord.
Review by: Gandolf the Read
