As an acrobat in a traveling circus, 14-year-old orphan Dessa Redd flies through the air with ease. Still, she is weighed down by troubling memories. But when her ragtag circus troupe pulls into the city of Kingsbridge, Dessa feels a tickle of hope. Maybe here in the royal city she will finally find her twin brother — or the mysterious man who snatched him away when they were just children.

Meanwhile, Topper, the circus juggler, recruits Dessa and the circus strongman, Fisk, for the job of robbing the royal treasury. Hungry and desperate, both agree, setting off a series of adventures that will take the three thieves from one end of the world to the other in search of Dessa’s long-lost brother.

Scott Chantler’s fast-paced story will engage readers while his bold-lined art with richly detailed backgrounds is a tribute to classic comic books.

Winner of the Joe Shuster Award for Best Comic for Kids 2011

CREATORS

Scott Chantler

Scott Chantler is the creator of the critically-acclaimed graphic novels Squire & Knight, Bix, and Two Generals, which was nominated for two Eisner Awards, selected for Best American Comics 2012, and voted by CBC’s Canada Reads as one of the 40 best Canadian non-fiction books.

His other work includes Northwest Passage (nominated for Eisner and Harvey Awards) and the Three Thieves series (winner of the Joe Shuster Award for Best Comic for Kids and listed by YALSA as a Great Graphic Novel for Teens). In 2015, he served as Cartoonist-in-Residence at the University of Windsor, the first cartoonist to be appointed so by a Canadian university.

MATERIALS

Three Thieves - Classroom Activity Guide

Three Thieves - Coloring Pages

BUZZ

School Library Journal
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“Bold, colorful art brings this strange world and its wonderful characters to life. An exciting conclusion, with Dessa’s daring escape from a menacing villain, will leave readers eager for the next installment.”
Booklist
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“As skillful an example of visual storytelling as you’re likely to find in contemporary American comics.”
Jeff Lemire
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“My family and I love THREE THIEVES and have read and re-read them many times. A great, heart-filled series for any young fan of fantasy and adventure!” — Jeff Lemire - Eisner Award-winning Writer/Artist Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth & The Nobody
Publisher's Weekly
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"Chantler effectively presents action and adventure, with atmospheric coloring to convey the mood. It’s an entertaining and action packed new fantasy-adventure series that will appeal to fans of the genre."
Kirkus
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"Fast paced, cleanly illustrated, great fun"
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