The Robbersons and the Robbers’ Handbook

By Siri Kolu

Where’s the Robber’s Handbook hidden, the one every robber family is searching for?

Once again, Maisie shows what she’s made of. Maisie finds a promising clue as to the possible location of the long-lost Robber’s Handbook. Along with Helly, Charlie, Wild Carl, and Kate, she visits every second-hand bookshop along the coast looking for further clues. But among robbers, a secret mission never stays secret for long: before you can say “Big Hal” the other robber families are hot on the heels of Maisie and her crew. Soon Maisie’s own family has been dragged into the race, too, when one of the young Hurmalos charms his way into Maisie’s sister’s Primrose’s heart.

Meanwhile, everyone’s convinced that Maisie’s the one who knows where the Robber’s Handbook is hidden… So all she has to do now is find it, and find it fast! And as it turns out, the shared history of robber families contains secrets that throw even Maisie for a loop…

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About the author

Siri Kolu (b. 1972) is a writer, dramatist, director and theatre instructor, which are among her many duties in the Finnish cultural field.She is a Finlandia Junior Prize winner and her works have been translated into 22 languages. Kolu has been awarded the Laivakello Prize by the Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature, and in the Netherlands, she won the Silver Slate Pencil. Me and the Robbersons received an honorary mention in British Book Trust’s ”In Other Words” competition in 2018. Kolu is a front-line author with a strong voice and she has published a broad range of works that range from humourous middle-grade stories to edgy YA cross-over fiction.