Crookhaven The School for Thieves
av J.J. Arcanjo
Crookhaven The School for Thieves
NOW a BBC Television series! Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize ONE OF THE THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOKS FOR CHILDREN 2023 The first book in the 'criminally good' Crookhaven series, the secret school where students are taught to do wrong, so that one day, they can put the world to rights. 'So this is really a school for criminals.' It was meant as a question, though it came out more as an accusation. 'We are so much more than that,' Caspian said, sitting in a plush leather chair and gesturing for Gabriel to sit in a similar one across the table. 'We are a home for the forgotten, a sanctuary for the lost and ... yes, a training ground for the greatest crooks of the future.' 13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught. But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven - a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students areLiknande böcker
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