Thieves! (True Stories from the Edge) - Tapa dura

Clear and easy to read... Schroeder is outstanding at setting the story's tone: dramatic, comic, or mysterious.--Michael Groberman"CM Materials" (11/25/2005)

Ten high-impact stories... pacing is upbeat yet slow enough to develop cause and effect... a worthy addition.--Mary Ellen Snodgrass"Kliatt" (03/01/2006)

Schroeder is outstanding at setting the story's tone: dramatic, comic, or mysterious. Highly Recommended.--Michael Groberman"Canadian Materials" (11/25/2005)

Exciting and suspenseful, the stories read like contemporary news and will catch the attention of those who crave lively reality.--Pauline Lurie"INFOLINK" (05/19/2006)

This is ten stories written by one author. The introduction is as interesting as any of the stories. We are a culture fascinated by thieves, perhaps because, as the author says, 'almost everyone has stolen something at some point in their lives'. These are true stories, and the sources for them are listed in the back of the book. An index is useful to identify the stories and their personages, if you're doing a research report.

Ten high-impact stories... should appeal to the marginal or reluctant reader... pacing is upbeat yet slow enough to develop cause and effect... a worthy addition.--Mary Ellen Snodgrass"Kliatt" (03/01/2006)

Realistic dialogue and step-by-step descriptions make this work suspenseful and exciting... For true, rousing adventurers, each with one or more sources listed in the bibliography, Schroeder's compilation can't be beat.--Ann G. Brouse"School Library Journal" (03/01/2006)

The writing, itself, is clear and easy to read. It is also full of excellent descriptive passages that establish place and time. The invented dialogue is very good, creating mood and action. And Schroeder is outstanding at setting the story's tone: dramatic, comic, or mysterious.... The list of sources in the back of the book provides further reading opportunities for those readers who want to know more. This is an excellent addition to a non-fiction book, one which encourages its readers to consider more non-fiction reading. Younger readers will find the language easy to comprehend. The writing style is straightforward and should pose no difficulty at all. The content is so strong, after my grades 4-7 recommendation, based on required reading ability, I also recommend this book for young adults with reading difficulties (especially boys) right up to grade 10. Highly Recommended.--Michael Groberman"Canadian Materials" (11/25/2005)

Of all the kinds of crimes that human beings have committed, stealing is probably the most common. Subtitled Ten Stories of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers, and Daring Escapades, this is a colorful collection of true headline-making crimes. While most thieves are eventually caught, some of the included stories are of thieves who took their ill-gotten gains and disappeared from view. Folk heroes like Robin Hood are rare but there is a documented story of one "Charles Hippolyte" who actually ate the files of 1,153 people condemned to die after the French Revolution. Since the files were missing, the people weren't called and they were saved. Charles, however, soon died from the toxic materials in the papers that he ate. Exciting and suspenseful, the stories read like contemporary news and will catch the attention of those who crave lively reality.--Pauline Lurie"INFOLINK" (05/19/2006)

Clear and easy to read... full of excellent descriptive passages that establish place and time... Schroeder is outstanding at setting the story's tone: dramatic, comic, or mysterious.--Michael Groberman"CM Materials" (11/25/2005)

An addition to an exciting series provides ten classic stories about cunning plans and daring escapades of thievery, from bank robberies, train robberies, and stolen art to bungled escapes, look-alike thieves, and brazen getaways. Simultaneous.