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Lockowitz Period 8

Review by Caitlyn S-S

In the book, The Thief Lord, there are two major conflicts. The first major conflict  is between the Hartliebs and their nieces Prosper and Bo. Prosper and Bo’s mother just died and they need a family to live with. Easter Hartlieb is their mothers sister and they (her and her husband) going to take care of Prosper and Bo but they intend to split them up. They want to keep Bo who is 5 but intend to put Prosper who is 12 in military school. Prosper and Bo are inseparable so they plan to run away to Venice together. he Hartliebs follow them and do anything necessary to capture them which includes hiring a detective. The second major conflict is between Scipio and his “gang”. Scipio goes by the name “the thief lord” and looks after run away orphans (including Prosper and Bo). Scipio isn’t who the orphan think he is. Instead of being a great thief and steeling things from home for them to make money, he is a normal rich boy. The orphans (Riccio, Mosca, Hornet, Bo and Prosper) get mad at him for lying to him and have repeated conflicts with him throughout the book.

One specific aspect that I liked in the book is that it keeps you reading. It grabs you so that you cannot put the book down. It is very tense in some moments and makes you want to keep reading. Most of is it exciting and entertaining to read which makes me enjoy it.  This book grabs my attention and makes me wanting to know more and more about the mysterious Thief Lord.