Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Paperback)

from DanaBurgess

As I began this book, the first word that came to my mind was "charming". It is a perfect read-aloud book. The narrator's voice is strong and fun with lots of age-appropriate humour. Although the back of the book says 10+ years, my precocious 8 year old nephew would enjoy it as well. Poor, blind,...

from Inky_Fingers

I enjoyed so many aspects of the book. The whole blind thief thing was pushed to its limit, and was very interesting and exciting. The city they eventually end up in was interesting, too. But so many of the plot points were predictable, and these increased as the book went along. When I could see...

from retvolunteer

I enjoyed the plot line, but some of the elements strained credulity as I thought about them. For instance, these children were imprisoned or in child labor since infants and yet they could read and write? But I enjoyed the story even though I knew where it was going most of the time.

from ElizaJane

Reason for Reading: The plot sounded wonderful and the author is Canadian! Peter Nimble doesn't really have a name but this is what he's called in the thieving world of a perhaps Victorian-like English town. He's made his own way in the world since discovered floating in a basket with his eyes pe...

from krau0098

I got an ARC of this book through NetGalley(dot)com; it just sounded like such a fun novel I had to give it a read. It ended up being a great novel; very well written and creative with some wonderful adventure and wonderful characters. Peter Nimble was found blind floating down the river as an in...