The Thief
A stand-alone novella published by Arrow Books in 2006
I have written one little novella, The Thief, for the Quick Reads series that is designed for grownups who have just learned to read. They have words of one or two syllables, short sentences, and short paragraphs. I hope they help people.
What you do in childhood may come back to haunt you. Stealing things from people who had upset her was something Polly did quite a lot. There was her Aunt Pauline, a girl at school and a boyfriend who left her. And there was the man on the plane.
Humiliated and scared by a total stranger, Polly does what she always does. She steals something. But she never could have imagined that her desire for revenge would have such terrifying results.
Notes
Quick Reads was launched in 2006. It works with well-known authors to write short and engaging books that are then distributed across libraries, prisons, colleges, hospitals and adult-learning organisations.
Andy McNab wins the inaugural Ruth Rendell Award for the author who has done the most to champion literacy.
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Robert Harris - Imperium
Simon Beckett - The Chemistry of Death
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Sophie Hannah - Little Face
Footnotes
A Chat with Ruth Rendell. Publisher’s Weekly 2012. ↩︎
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