Literary agent for children's books
LAURA CECIL
Two Good Thieves by Daniel Finn (a.k.a. Will Gatti)
Age range: Young Adult
“The moment she see the woman with the big yellow hat, clingy skirt and gold bangles on her wrist come teetering out of the shop Baz knows that she’s the one that Demi is going to choose. She has fancy shopping bags in each hand, and a little box in the palm of the other. Trailing behind her is a cute girl with cute yellow hair, sucking on an ice pop, and she’s chattering to the woman, but the woman is looking at the box. Diamond, thinks Baz. Maybe pearl.
If Demi is going to make a move it has to be now, in the few seconds between the shop door and the kerb.”
To be a good thief, there are three things you need: you need to be faster than light. You need to be invisible. And most of all, you need to be lucky.
In the heat of an unnamed Latin American city, a gang of child thieves runs wild. Baz and Demi are the best – but when they steal something valuable from a very corrupt man, they need all the luck they can get…
In Baz, a young and streetwise girl, and Demi a macho but vulnerable boy, Daniel Finn has created unforgettable central characters that make the reader care passionately about their fate in this brilliant, heart stopping roller-coaster read.
Rights :
Macmillan (Volume)
Laura Cecil (Film & TV)
Publishers
UK : Macmillan
US : Feiwel & Friends
Germany : Beltz & Gelberg
Holland : Querido
“The heat and humidity of its exotic South American setting adds palpable tension to a fast-paced thriller.......Breathless and exciting, this makes for perfect summer reading”
THE BOOKSELLER
“Dramatic, fast-paced and full of the kind of passionate compassion that never intrudes, Two Good Thieves is a treat.”
THE TIMES
“A book that I would never normally read - and how grateful I am that I did. It's gritty social realism…. shows how children can manifest, in a hellish world, heroic loyalty and courage.”
EVENING STANDARD