Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany.
deutsche Schriftstellerin, Kinderbuchautorin, Jugendbuchautorin, Illustratorin, Filmproduzentin
Cornelia Maria Funke is a German author of children's fiction.
Often referred to as the "German J. K. Rowling", Funke was chosen by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in their 2005 list.
**Source**: [Cornelia Funke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Funke) on Wikipedia
