Cat Burglar Black

By Sala, Richard

Publishers Summary:
K. Westree: Teen Cat Burglar When K. Westree arrivse at Bellsong Academy, she thinks she's left her cat-burgling past behind her. But K. soon discovers the school has a mystery of its own, a hidden treasure left behind by its founder, and she's the only one who has a hope of finding it. As she resumes her cat-burgling in an attempt to discover the school's secrets, K. begins to question if a normal life is really what she wants.

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ISBN
978-1-59643-144-7
Publisher
First Second Roaring Brook


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 2009

Gr 5-9 K. arrives at a peculiar, isolated private school after having been raised as a pickpocket in an orphanage following the disappearance of her circus-acrobat-cum-cat-burglar father. It turns out that the only other three girls at the school are also thieves, and the instructors are part of a guild of criminals and were allies of K.s dador so they hastily claim when pressed. The school is owned by her aunt, who is very ill, and the guildThe O...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on November 1, 2009

In this boisterous graphic novel crime caper, K., a white-haired teen raised to be a cat burglar, believes she's escaped that life forever when her aunt issues an invitation to join her at the secluded Bellsong Academy for Girls. But all is not as it seems. K.'s past—as one of many orphans corralled into thievery by the villainous Mother Claude—is closer to her present than she suspects. The other girls (all three of them) are secretive, if friendly, and possess unlikely skill sets that match her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

In this boisterous graphic novel crime caper, K. enrolls at the secluded Bellsong Academy for Girls. But K.'s past--as an orphan c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on September 1, 2009

Cat Burglar Black opens with beautiful, white-haired K. Westree running through indigo darkness, a mansion looming among gnarled trees in the distance. She wears a slick, black cat suit and mask. Her eyes stand out in fright as a wild boar rawnks and snorts at her heels. Only three weeks earlier, K. had been just a girl in a red hoodie getting off the bus at her new school, Bells...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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