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Author
Publisher
Putnam, G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but she's, in fact, one of Quadara's most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is an honest, upstanding citizen of Quadara's most enlightened region, Eonia. He runs afoul of Keralie when she steals a package from him, putting his life in danger. When Varin attempts to retrieve the package, he and Keralie both find themselves entangled in a conspiracy that leaves all four of...
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When his gift for pickpocketing is noticed by the mysterious Finn Argos, Colm begins training to become a member of Thwodin's Legions, a strange group of warriors, mages, and hunters who search for treasure.
5) Benno's bear
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After he and his father are arrested as pickpockets, Benno is separated from the bear he had raised and come to love when the bear is sent to a zoo and Benno is taken in by a kindly policeman and his wife.
6) En la sangre
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Eva Valverde vive en Barcelona, no roba por necesidad, sino para pagar un tren de vida que no podría mantener con un sueldo fijo. Y, claro, para sentirse por encima de los demás. Pero nadie dijo que la bvia del carterista fuera fácil. Tras varios años construyendo su mundo perfecto, lo pierde todo en un solo día. Lo que iba a ser un camino de champán y rosas se convierte en una sucesión de chantajes, violencia y cadáveres."--Page...
Author
Series
Shades of magic volume 1
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Kell is one of the last Travelers -- magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes -- as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne -- a place where people...
10) The faerie ring
Author
Series
Faerie ring volume 1
Publisher
Tor Teen/Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1871, and Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross Station in central London. They survive by picking pockets. One December night, Tiki steals a ring, and sets off a chain of events that could lead to all-out war with the Fey. For the ring belongs to Queen Victoria, and it binds the rulers of England and the realm of Faerie to peace. With the ring missing, a rebel...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell's glittering new series, wedding bells are ringing...but which Whitridge twin is the right groom? The penniless orphan of a disreputable earl, Lady Charlene Blanchard thrives on the adventure of picking the pockets of unsavory gentlemen to survive. But due to her extraordinary beauty and prized bloodlines, she is hand-chosen as a potential bride for the Duke of Baynton, who is on the hunt for a suitable...
Author
Publisher
Chicken House, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
When Danny accidentally buys an elephant, he accepts a job from a zookeeper to ride the elephant from Edinburgh to Manchester that turns into a journey that captures the attention of everyone in the country.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
After witnessing a troupe of pickpockets pull off an incredible robbery in a busy Marseille square, Charlie Fisher agrees to protect one of the thieves if they teach him their ways, leading him into a world of adventure with global stakes.
15) Oliver Twist
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 33
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
Born and raised in the appalling deprivation of a Victorian-era London workhouse, the orphan Oliver escapes the drudgery of apprenticeship only to fall into the hands of the notorious Fagin and his gang of child thieves. But Oliver is an innocent at heart and the attempts by Fagin and the impudently witty Artful Dodger to teach the boy the trick of the pick-pocket's trade lead only to his almost immediate capture. Oliver's rescue by the kindly Mr....
17) Lily the thief
Author
Publisher
First second
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 400L
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...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
When Molly, a ten-year-old orphan, is arrested for picking pockets in London in 1731, she is banished to America and serves as an indentured servant for a New York City family that expects her to follow their Jewish traditions.
19) Pickpocket
Series
Criterion collection volume 314
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Français
Description
Michel, an insignificant man who drifts into crime, is arrested and imprisoned. Upon release, he abandons an attempt at reform when a master pickpocket teaches him his art.