The night thief

Resource Information

The work The night thief represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.

Label

The night thief

Statement of responsibility

Barbara Fradkin

Creator

• Fradkin, Barbara, 1947-

Subject

• Homeless boys
• Homeless boys -- Fiction
• Detective and mystery stories
• Large type books

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• "Simple country handyman Cedric O'Toole relies on his organic vegetable garden to supplement his meager income, so he's upset when vegetables begin disappearing. After several futile attempts to protect the garden, he stakes it out one night with his shotgun and spots a shadowy figure running into the woods. Cedric follows and finds a young boy living rough on his land. The boy has never been taught to read or write, and no one has reported him missing. No stranger to childhood neglect himself, Cedric takes the boy under his wing and tries to find answers. Who is the mystery boy, and why is he hiding in the woods?"--Amazon.com
• "Simple country handyman Cedric O'Toole relies on his organic vegetable garden to supplement his meager income, so he's upset when vegetables begin disappearing. After several futile attempts to protect the garden, he stakes it out one night with his shotgun and spots a shadowy figure running into the woods. Cedric follows and finds a young boy living rough on his land. The boy has never been taught to read or write, and no one has reported him missing. No stranger to childhood neglect himself, Cedric takes the boy under his wing and tries to find answers. Who is the mystery boy, and why is he hiding in the woods?"--Amazon.com

Member of

• Rapid reads

Cataloging source

NLC

Dewey number

C813/.6

LC call number

PR9199.4.F698

LC item number

N54 2015

Series statement

Rapid reads