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.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Kate ChegwinFIC FRABook30574000563864Fiction