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"The Good Thieves"

Your kid finished The Good Thieves. Here are 8 books matched across 30 dimensions — not by what other people bought.

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The Good Thieves

by Katherine Rundell

A polio-footed English girl plots a heist to steal back her grandfather's castle — literary, big-hearted, and thrillingly staged.

Kid 72 Parent 72 Teacher 72 Ages 10-12

8 books matched on the same reader profile

Each pick scored its match using the 30-dimension data we record on every book — interest hooks (e.g. epic worldbuilding, friendship arcs), character appeal, emotional core, tone, pacing. The "why it matches" line under each book tells you exactly why it should land.

1
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart

Kid 66 Parent 74 Teacher 74 Ages 10-12
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Both lean into treasure heist + friendship crew
- • Shared character appeal: underdog
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2
Explorer Academy: The Falcon's Feather

by Trudi Trueit

Kid 63 Parent 59 Teacher 64 Ages 9-11
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Both adventurous in tone
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Same tension source (physical danger)
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3
Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project

by Dan Gutman

Kid 63 Parent 60 Teacher 63 Ages 9-12
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Both adventurous in tone
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
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4
Artemis Fowl

by Eoin Colfer

Kid 70 Parent 61 Teacher 67 Ages 10-12
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Both adventurous in tone
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Shared humor: sarcastic deadpan
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5
Big Bad Ironclad!

by Nathan Hale

Kid 67 Parent 58 Teacher 63 Ages 8-12
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Both adventurous in tone
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
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6
City Spies

by James Ponti

Kid 72 Parent 63 Teacher 70 Ages Ages 9-12
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Both adventurous in tone
- • Same pacing (steady clip)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Same tension source (physical danger)
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7
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

by Lauren Tarshis

Kid 69 Parent 73 Teacher 77 Ages Ages 9-11
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Both adventurous in tone
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Both lean into friendship crew
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8
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Book 1: The Mysterious Howling

by Maryrose Wood

Kid 67 Parent 70 Teacher 66 Ages 9-12
Why it matches "The Good Thieves"
- • Same genre (historical)
- • Same emotional weight (moderate)
- • Both lean into spy detective
- • Shared character appeal: protector, loyal friend
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How these matches are scored

We score every children's book on KidsBookCheck across 30 dimensions — kid-side (laugh-out-loud, plot twists, mental movie, heart-punch, character voice, etc.), parent-side (writing quality, moral reasoning, vocabulary, age-fit), and teacher-side (read-aloud power, discussion fuel, empathy building). Plus rich metadata: tone, pacing, emotional weight, interest hooks, character appeal, emotional core, tension source, humor style.

For every book, our profile-match algorithm finds others where the most heavily-weighted dimensions overlap. That's why these matches feel different from "readers also enjoyed" — we're matching by what hooks the same reader, not by who else bought it. More about our scoring →