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The School for Thieves

Peter Burns

Ages 9–13 NYT Best Seller

Readers rate it 3.0 (1 on Hardcover)

352 pages · Released Aug 26, 2025

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A note for parents

This is a recent middle-grade adventure about young characters training at a school for thieves, combining heist elements with coming-of-age themes. The limited metadata suggests mild peril and tension typical of the genre, with likely emphasis on cleverness and camaraderie over graphic content. Without full plot details, confidence is lower, but the Simon & Schuster juvenile fiction classification and page count suggest age-appropriate adventure storytelling.

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From the publisher

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2025 by Farshore, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, as 'Shadow thieves'"--Copyright page. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2025 by Farshore, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, as 'Shadow thieves'"--Copyright page.

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  • Juvenile Fiction

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ISBN 9781665982283 · Simon and Schuster