The night thief
Title
:
The night thief
Personal Author EPSB
:
Barbara Fraser, Fradkin
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.
Year Published
:
2015
Series
:
Rapid reads
Physical Description
:
129 pages ; 19 cm
Note
:
"A Cedric O'Toole Mystery"--Cover.
Subject
:
Homeless people -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Genre
:
High interest-low vocabulary books.
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.
ISBN
:
9781459808669
Publisher
:
Victoria, British Columbia : Raven Books, an imprint of Orca Book Publishers, 2015.
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Kate Chegwin | FIC FRA | Book | 30574000563864 | Fiction |