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Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke

Prosper and Bo are orphans who escape from their cruel aunt and uncle and travel to the magical city of Venice. With no place to stay, they happen upon a group of street kids and a boy who calls himself the "Thief Lord". Together the group discover a special merry-go-round that is said to make "adults out of children and children out of adults"