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  • The Fortieth Thief

  • A Fairytale for Children and Not-Children (Hearing Others’ Voices, Book 10)
  • By: Ruth Finnegan
  • Narrated by: Alex Hoeffler
  • Length: 57 mins

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The Fortieth Thief

By: Ruth Finnegan
Narrated by: Alex Hoeffler
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Publisher's Summary

Ever wondered what the thieves in the Ali Baba story were really like? Where they came from and how they were recruited and what exactly they did? And were they all the same? You don’t know? Find the amazing answers in the story of an ordinary little boy, a newly discovered version now for the first time revealed.

An absorbing fairy tale for children of all ages, young or not, with an unexpected twist and an ecological and human ending.

©2020 Ruth Finnegan (P)2021 Ruth Finnegan

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