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Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.

An abridged version of Dicken's story of the orphan forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.

When the Justice he works for is condemned for treason, fourteen-year-old and semi-reformed pickpocket Weasel sets out to find a notorious bandit who may be able to help save his master's life.

Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.

It took just one disastrous confrontation with a band of greedy ranchers to make cowhand Bijah Catlow an outlaw. When he crossed that line, it was up to U.S. Marshal Ben Cowan, his friend since childhood, to bring him in alive.

"Ross Quest must find a way to out-heist her competition while navigating her feelings toward Devroe and the threat he and his family pose to hers"-- Provided by publisher.

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'...

As Crispin tries to fulfill Bear's dream of moving to Iceland, he must leave Troth behind at a convent that needs a healer but, after falling in with thieves posing as musicians, he makes a new friend, Owen, and together they continue the arduous journey.

Rémy Brunel, acrobat and former jewel thief, stayed behind in London when the circus left, but she is starting to feel lonely, so when magician Yannick, an old friend, turns up she decides to return to France and the circus with him--but detective Thaddeus Rec believes Yannick is up to no good, and determines to pursue them in an airship to win her back.