Booktalking Colorado - Full Booktalk Record

Booktalking Colorado Full Record:

	Title:	The Thief Lord
	Author:	Funke, Cornelia
	Date Published:	2002
	Genre:	Fantasy
	Grade Level:	6 - 9
	Booktalker:	Sam Marsh
	Awards:	Former Blue Spruce Award Nominee

Booktalk:
The Thief Lord had saved us from the streets, Bo and Me . . . or the canals. It was Venice after all. We had hidden from conductors in trains and slept in tiny spaces all huddled together, frozen and hungry. Then, the Thief Lord had found us and taken us in and added us to his menagerie. It was Aunt Esther's fault. After our folks had died, she had wanted to take Bo to raise as her own. Just Bo. She wanted to separate us. So, I took Bo and fled. All the way to Venice. Now, we lived in the Stella, a rundown old movie theatre that no one used any more. Along with Hornet, Riccio and Mosca. Scipio, the thief lord, never slept there himself. We'd only see him when there was a reason. He'd bring us the loot he'd stolen, but would never take any of us with him, even though he was just a kid like us. Not that I wanted to go. Or wanted Bo to learn to be a thief either. But, he provided for us. And, he'd let us take the items he lifted and exchange them for the money we used to eat and cloth ourselves. All in all, we were doing just fine. And, it was beginning to feel like we were part of a family. Then, I ran into the detective. The one my aunt and uncle had hired to track down Bo and me. Then, we found out the truth about the Thief Lord.