Sometimes I get in the groove of reading books on one subject or time period. I thought it would be fun to highlight some novels in which the main character steals something, and the fall out which follows. Enjoy!
A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in this YA fantasy.Welcome to the magical underworld of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets…Debutante Victoria Robbins, a would-be detective and a fan of Sherlock Holmes, tries to discover who murdered the infamous Bordens, while secretly struggling against her shameful thieving ways. Macey McHenry—Glamorous society girl or spy-in-training? W.W. Hale V—Heir to an American dynasty or master thief? There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together is a tossup.Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction – if they don’t kill each other first.Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist – books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
