Angel Thieves

A number of views spanning throughout time are united by means of themes of freedom, hope, and religion in a most uncommon and epic novel from Newbery Honor–profitable creator and Nationwide E-book Award finalist Kathi Appelt.

Sixteen-year-old Cade Curtis is an angel thief. After his mom’s household rejected him for being born out of wedlock, he and his dad moved to the condo above a neighborhood vintage store. The one fee the proprietor Mrs. Walker requests: marble angels, stolen from graveyards, for her to promote for hundreds of {dollars} to collectors. However there’s one angel that will be the final they’d ever have to steal; an angel, carved by a slave, with one hand open and one hand closed. If solely Cade might discover it…

Zorra, a younger ocelot, watches the bayou rush previous her yearningly. The poacher who captured and caged her has lengthy since misplaced her, and Zorra is getting hungrier and thirstier by the day. Trapped, she solely has the sounds of the bayou for consolation—but it surely tells her assistance will come quickly.

Earlier than Zorra, Achsah, a slave, watched the exact same bayou along with her two younger daughters. After the dying of her grasp, Achsah is free, however she’ll be damned if her daughters aren’t freed along with her. All they should do is use the church with an angel with one hand open and one hand closed…

In a masterful feat, Nationwide E-book Award Honoree Kathi Appelt weaves collectively tales throughout time, related by the bayou, an angel, and the common want to be free.