Quarter 2:Blog 2

Recently, I started reading The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke, who is also author of Inkheart and Inkspell. The Thief Lord is about two brothers named Prosper and Bo, who run away to Venice, Italy after the death of their mother. After their mother dies, Bo (5 years old) is sent to his aunt, Esther; who the book portrays as evil. Prosper (12 years) is sent to a boarding school. Sick of their lives, the two brothers escape to Venice, Italy, a city they always had heard about from their mother. The two brothers become friends with four other orphans: Hornet, Riccio, Mosca, and Scipio (who is later found out to be the Thief Lord). Prosper and Bo are led to an abandoned movie theater, which is the home of the other orphans. The children get the money they need to buy food by selling things that Scipio steals to an old shopkeeper named Ernesto Barbarossa. When things are looking great for Prosper and Bo, their aunt Esther soon finds out that the boys are in Venice. She hires a private-eye, named Victor Getz, to find where they are . Meanwhile, Barbarossa tells the children about one of his clients (Barbarossa runs a black market) that needs someone to steal something for him. Scipio accepts the challenge and meets the client, who is called The Conte. They find out that the object they are to steal is a wing (which attaches to a magical carousel of youth) and that they are to steal it from a wealthy photographer's house, whose name is Ida Spavento. Unfortunately his house is as secure as a prison. That’s all I read so far, but it is a pretty good book so far. I'll keep you guys posted