| Angel Thieves Contributor(s): Appelt, Kathi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442421096 ISBN-13: 9781442421097 Publisher: Atheneum Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2019 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Young Adult Fiction | Magical Realism - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018017994 |
| Age Level: 14-17 |
| Grade Level: 9-12 |
| Lexile Measure: 900(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 48 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2019 Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 Publishers Weekly 03/25/2019 Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2019 pg. 136 School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 102 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An ocelot. A slave. An angel thief. Multiple perspectives spanning across time are united through themes of freedom, hope, and faith in a most unusual and epic novel from Newbery Honor-winning author and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt. Sixteen-year-old Cade Curtis is an angel thief. After his mother's family rejected him for being born out of wedlock, he and his dad moved to the apartment above a local antique shop. The only payment the owner Mrs. Walker requests: marble angels, stolen from graveyards, for her to sell for thousands of dollars to collectors. But there's one angel that would be the last they'd ever need to steal; an angel, carved by a slave, with one hand open and one hand closed. If only Cade could find it... Zorra, a young ocelot, watches the bayou rush past her yearningly. The poacher who captured and caged her has long since lost her, and Zorra is getting hungrier and thirstier by the day. Trapped, she only has the sounds of the bayou for comfort--but it tells her help will come soon. Before Zorra, Achsah, a slave, watched the very same bayou with her two young daughters. After the death of her master, Achsah is free, but she'll be damned if her daughters aren't freed with her. All they need to do is find the church with an angel with one hand open and one hand closed... In a masterful feat, National Book Award Honoree Kathi Appelt weaves together stories across time, connected by the bayou, an angel, and the universal desire to be free. |
Contributor Bio(s): Appelt, Kathi: - Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, PEN USA Literary Award-winning, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Maybe a Fox (with Alison McGhee), Keeper, and many picture books including Counting Crows and Max Attacks. She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband. Visit her at KathiAppelt.com. |
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