Good Thieves

When the letters first arrived from her beloved grandfather—the shaking, green-inked letters, full of bewildered anger at the loss of his ancestral home and the priceless jewels within it—Vita and her mother took the next boat to New York. And now that she’s here, Vita has only one goal: To break into Hudson Hall and steal back what the sinister Basil Sowotore took from her family.

But to do so, she needs a plan, a weapon, and faith in the pickpockets, trapeze-artists, and animal-tamers she has met along the way. With her troupe behind her, Vita attempts the most daring heist the city has ever seen. But will she succeed?

Cand au sosit pentru prima data scrisorile de la iubitul bunic - scrisorile zguduitoare, cu cerneala verde, pline de furie naucita la pierderea casei sale stramosesti si la pretioasele bijuterii din ea - Vita si mama ei au luat urmatoarea barca la New York. Si acum, cand este aici, Vita are un singur scop: sa intre in Hudson Hall si sa fure inapoi ceea ce sinistrul Basil Sowotore a luat de la familia ei, dar are nevoie de un plan, de o arma si de credinta in buzunare, trapez. -artisti si domesticitori de animale pe care i-a intalnit pe parcurs.