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Author
Series
Great pet heist volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their elderly owner goes to the hospital, Butterbean the dachshund, Walt the cat, Oscar the mynah bird, and rats Marco and Polo plan a robbery to support themselves.
2) Six of crows
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price―and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. . . . A convict with a thirst for revenge - A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager - A runaway with a privileged past - A spy known as the Wraith - A Heartrender...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (62 p.) : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the underwater library is attacked by Atlas, the Librarian and the Specialist defeat him and send him back to prison. They retrieve all of the lost books with the help of sea turtles. Includes color illustrations, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
Author
Series
Nightchaser volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Captain Tess Bailey and her crew of Robin Hood-like thieves are desperate and on the run. Pursued by a vicious military general who wants them dead or alive, Tess has to decide if she can trust Shade Ganavan, a tall, dark and arrogant stranger with ambiguous motivations. What Tess and Shade don't know about each other might get them killed ... unless they can set aside their differences and learn to trust each other-while ignoring their off-the-charts...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
442 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Teen celebrity socialite Margo leads a double life as a cat burglar with a crew of four kickboxing drag queens, but when a big job goes belly-up, each one of them must rely on their special skills to survive the night.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (103 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
While moving into an apartment in the city with his father and brother, thirteen-year-old Ben meets a mysterious girl about his age who draws him, late at night, into the condemned building next door, where he finds--and is threatened by--two older boys.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (105 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Using her computer hacking skills and her drone to scan the streets of Brooklyn, Parker Reading follows clues and locates a local bank robber, but then the thief employs similar methods to turn the tables on Parker and track her down.
10) Nameless queen
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the city of Seriden, the thief called Coin is Nameless -- she has no family, no legal rights, and no standing in society -- but she inherits the throne and the power and danger that come with it.
Author
Series
Jing king of bandits volume 6 of 7
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
187 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Jing king of bandits volume 7 of 7
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
182 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
Author
Series
Dance of thieves volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Vow of Thieves is the thrilling sequel to Dance of Thieves, set in the same world as Mary E. Pearson's New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles. Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them - the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and Kazi and Jase will meet all challenges side by side, together at last. But an ominous warning mars their journey back,...
15) Dark life
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
297 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat.
16) Ghostman: #1
Author
Series
Jack White volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A casino robbery gone wrong compels its orchestrator to call in a favor from a master criminal known only as "Jack," whose activities are subject to mystery and speculation and who must test the limits of his considerable skills in order to protect his anonymity from a closely pursuing FBI.
17) Money run
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-olds Ashley and Benjamin are planning the heist of a lifetime, but they are not counting on a hit man who has plans of his own.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Strauss Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Desperado Dan breaks out of jail, Nellie sets out to find her Pa, the sheriff, but finds the outlaw first. When Desperado Dan breaks out of jail, Nellie sets out to find her Pa, the sheriff, but finds the outlaw first. Annotation. A feisty sheriff's daughter must save the day When Desperado Dan, the meanest bandit in the West, breaks out of jail, Nellie knows exactly what to do. She has to warn her pa, who is the local sheriff. Along the way...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Zhong Ning’er takes the job, she expects a smash-and-grab burglary she’s doing to make rent and help out a friend. What she doesn’t expect: a sad-eyed army boy who dreams of insurrection, a former rebel leader trapped inside a secret lab, a group of aspiring revolutionaries who are first collaborators, then compatriots, and then, perhaps, friends. But this is Beijing, nearly a hundred and fifty years after General Yuan Shikai...
20) Thieves' gambit
Author
Series
Thieves' gambit volume 1
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves' Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother's life.
At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance. In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves'...