From Publishers Weekly
In PW 's words, "readers will find much to relish" in this "pulse-quickening" tale of a girl who imagines herself an accomplice to her father's crime. Ages 10-14.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9-- A convincing story of a girl who's forced to reevaluate her world and those around her. Elinor, 13, is stunned when the police come one morning to arrest her father for embezzlement. While the officers are distracted, her father slips her a luggage claim receipt. Later, when her stepmother asks about it, Elinor tells her she's destroyed it and secretly retrieves the case herself. She is uneasy over having the overnight bag but refuses to let her younger brother force it open; when they are parcelled out among relatives they barely know, Elinor takes it with her. She learns that her father has not only stolen from strangers but also from the very aunt and cousins who have reluctantly taken her in. Questions of whether she should open the case, to whom the money rightly belongs, and how she can best care for herself and her siblings are deftly handled by this master storyteller. Realistic characters, careful plotting, and the right amount of suspense combine to make A Kind of Thief a real page-turner. A grabber of a cover doesn't hurt either. --Jo-Anne Weinberg, Greenburgh Pub . Lib . , NY
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