One of the many passages that stood out to me in The Thief Lord was a paragraph found on pg. 57. This paragraph read:
"Riccio quickly stuffed two of Barbarossa's bills into his pocket and dashed off. When he came back with a plastic bag full of olives, bread, pepper-red salami, and a bag of mandorlati, the chocoloates wrapped in colorful paper that Scipio liked so much, the others had already spread the cushions and blankets in front of the curtain. Bo and Hornet had gathered all the candles they could find and their flickering light filled the movie theater with dancing shadows."
While reading this particular paragraph I got a visuable image of eveything that was going on. I loved how Funke described all the children gathered together for this fest. I can picture cushions and blankets in front of the curtain, and the candles that are flickering in the dark. I love how she compared the dark room to a movie theater with dancing shadows. It makes me want to be there.
This passage reminds me of when I was little and my twin sister and I would have sleepovers with our friends in our treehouse. The treehouse would be completely dark and all of us would gather together in our sleeping bags and tell stories with our flashlights. I always loved watching our shadows on the wall because they were so large. I love how Funke describes the children's shadows as dancing in the dark because that's what I remember most about having sleepovers in my treehouse when I was younger.