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City of Saints and Thieves

✍ Scribed by Anderson, Natalie C.


Book ID
109477682
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Year
2017
Tongue
English
Weight
211 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
0399547584

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✦ Synopsis


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl in this enthralling YA murder mystery set in Kenya.

In the shadows of Sangui City, there lives a girl who doesn’t exist. After fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life and home. Her mother quickly found work as a maid for a prominent family, headed by Rodolfo Grenadier, one of the city’s most respected business leaders. But Tina soon learns that the Grenadier fortune was made from a life of corruption and crime. So when her mother is found shot to death in Mr. Grenadier’s personal study, she knows exactly who’s behind it.
With revenge always on her mind, Tina spends the next four years surviving on the streets alone, working as a master thief for the Goondas, Sangui City’s local gang. It’s a job for the Goondas that finally brings Tina back to the Grenadier estate, giving her the chance for vengeance she’s been waiting for. But as...


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