Angel Thieves by Kathi Appelt
A father and son steal marble angels from cemeteries late at night. A young girl mourns a friend who has moved away, while learning what it means to pray. A freed slave goes on the run with her young daughters. The bayou silently watches everything around it. Kathi Appelt’s Angel Thieves follows all of these characters and more as they navigate their lives.
Angel Thieves is perfect for young adult readers. The multi-perspective book is told non-linearly. While most of the book appears to take place in modern day Houston, flashbacks to early America weave throughout the story as well. The book can seem disjointed at times, but each storyline threads together, slowly piecing together a larger picture. At the heart of the story is a marble angel, one hand reaching toward the sky and one closed into a fist at her side.
Kathi Appelt has written more than 40 books for children and young adults and lives in College Station. Angel Thieves is available in paperback, hardcover, or as an e-book.
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