Cover of One thing stolen
Read Time: ~4.5 hr

One thing stolen

by Beth Kephart (2015)

About this book

Nadia Cara is in Florence, Italy with her family because her professor father is researching the 1966 flood, but Nadia herself is in trouble--she has turned into a kleptomaniac and she feels detached from everything, except for an elusive Italian boy whom no one but herself has seen.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreOne thing stolen Lead Character

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