Ah... my back hurts, because I sprained it... It's torturing, you know, to type when you have to sit straight all the time and suffer the rebel of my back whenever I bent, even if it's only a little slouch.

Anyway (oh dear, I'm getting extremely fond of this word), this blog is not going to be about my back (spraining a back at such a young age is rather humiliating to me, this shows how...er... weak my skeletal systems are), it is about this children book called The Thief Lord.

I'll just touch a little about the story line (it'll take the magic out of this story if I talk too much about the story, isn't it?). It's about these brothers, called Prosper and Boniface who land themselves in Venice, cold and hungry until they are taken in by this mysterious Thief Lord. On their trail is the bungling detective- Victor Getz, sent to take them back to their aunt. And among all these flurry of activities, a treasure is thrown in. So it is rather appropriate to say it's a story of Hide and seek and Treasure Hunt mixed together.

I love the name Prosper and Bo (short form for Boniface), I like Bo's antics, and I like the detective as well (he is rather kind-hearted). But most of all, I like the setting- Venice. The way the author talk about the canals and gondolas, the alleys and the Italian that floats in the very air, it is beautiful. Suddenly, I wanted to go to Venice myself. (But I've no time nor no money for such an expensive holiday)

I drew pictures of Venice from the books, I'll post it next time, I'm lazy to scan it into the computer now (and don't forget about my poor back).

The story has no romance, only the innocence that could only be possesed by a story written for children. If anyone out there got hold of this book, and wouldn't mind experiancing once more the delights of reading your first book, than start flipping through the pages and allow the words to sweep you to the nooks and cranies of Venice. Happy reading!