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Author
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Tercera edición
Language
Español
Description
Iris se marchó de su país natal a los dieciocho, cuando la informaron del fallecimiento de su madre. En un barco toriense, navegó por el canal hasta llegar a palacio. Se adaptó a su nueva vida y al trono sin inmutarse e insistió en participar en la corte minutos después de que enterraran a su madre bajo el palacio. Aquella misma noche se quedó despierta hasta la madrugada, leyendo libros de historia arquiana y sobre diplomacia. Nada...
22) Monkey trouble
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A pickpocket monkey wanders into the life of a lonely girl, and complications arise by the kleptomaniac's habits.
23) Oliver Twist
Language
English
Description
Born into a miserable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, where the cheerful Artful Dodger immediately befriends him and introduces him to the villainous Fagin and his gang of thieves. Temporarily rescued from the prospect of a life of crime by the kindly Mr. Brownlow, Oliver finds himself pursued by savage thief Bill Sikes and the enigmatic Monks.
Author
Pub. Date
2021, ©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Pip lives by his wits in the city of Clarel. But when he picks the wrong pocket, Pip finds himself in possession of a strange dried heart in a silver casket--and those who lost it will stop at nothing to get it back. With assassins on his trail and the ominous heart beginning to whisper to him, Pip and his childlike older sister El are drawn deeper into the forbidden world of magic. Now they must seek the help of the secret witches of Clarel and...
25) Lily the thief
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"Lily is a young novice who dreams of being a master thief. That's not easy when the Guildmaster of Thieves only assigns you the lowliest jobs: pick-pocketing, trespassing, and petty theft. But on one of these meager quests, Lily unearths a plot involving a mysterious cult and long-forgotten gods -- a secret that could destroy the whole world. Lily must fight to save the same people who have branded her an outcast. Can she use her cunning to put an...
28) Fingersmith
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"The lives of two young women collide in [a] ... thriller that alternates between the twisting back alleyways of Dickensian London and the cloistered gloom of a Gothic mansion. Raised in a den of petty thieves, or 'fingersmiths, ' plucky orphan Sue Trinder agrees to help a con man known as Gentleman defraud and betray wealthy heiress Maud Lilly. But Sue's plans are turned upside down when she falls in love with Maud. Then the women are separated --...
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