Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
181 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Living with irresponsible parents in a seedy part of a big city in 1910, thirteen-year-old Roger falls in with a gang of murderous burglars and discovers an unpleasant secret about his father.
2) The thief
Author
Series
Queen's thief novel volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
3) Goldeline
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Goldeline travels through the woods with a group of bandits, getting by on the things they steal from passing carriages, but a man who wants to cleanse the Hinterlands of anyone who is different hunts Goldeline, believing her a witch.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
86 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fantasy meets crime caper in the first book of a landmark, enduringly popular epic series about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin has called “fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.”
An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist....
An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist....
11) Man from the sky
Author
Publisher
Beech Tree Books
Pub. Date
1992, 1980
Physical Desc
120 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In an almost failproof scheme, a man parachutes from an airplane with a large amount of money, only to be seen by a boy who has a reputation for seeing things in the clouds.
12) The Thief Lord
Author
Language
English
Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord." Welcome to the magical world of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.
13) Slinky Malinki
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Slinky Malinky, a friendly, fun loving black cat by day, turns into a fiendish and sly thief at night.
15) Spy penguins
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Young penguins Jackson, also known as Secret Agent 00Zero, and his inventor-friend, Quigley, investigate who is stealing rare fish from the Rookeryville aquarium, hoping to prove themselves to the Frosty Bureau of Investigation.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 277 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Steve Brixton finds himself pulled back into sleuthing when, during a train trip down the California coast, he uncovers a mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, an assassin, and a private rail car.
Author
Series
Queen's thief volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and wiles in an attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia.
20) Rip tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
314 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ty discovers an entire township chained to a sunken submarine, its inhabitants condemned to an icy underwater grave. It's only the first clue to a mystery that has claimed hundreds of lives and stands to claim two more -- - lives very precious to Ty and his Topsider ally, Gemma.
In Commonwealth Catalog
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Network can be requested from other Commonwealth Catalog libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request