

This book is signed by the author, Cornelia Funke on the title-page. The contents are bright and clean, with vignette illustrations. This book is hard-bound in blue paper covered boards, with a gilt stamped blue cloth spine, in a very nice dust jacket.

Following the success of The Thief Lord and Dragon Rider, her next novel was Inkheart (2003), which won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature award. The fantasy novel Dragon Rider (2004) stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 78 weeks. It was subsequently released as The Thief Lord by Scholasticand made it to the number 2 spot on The New York Times Best Seller list. Rowling" of Germany although she was highly successful in Germany, the first of her books to be translated into English was Herr der Diebe in 2002. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who calls himself the Thief Lord. Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. "Welcome to the magical underworld of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. Cover Art This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Elizabeth Parisi (illustrator).
