I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a great easy read for young kids. The pictures are fun and colorful

A heist plot isn't the first thing you think of for a young audience. It's also somewhat counter-intuitive to have a career thief as your protagonist in children's fiction. Kent is aware of these potential concerns. Members of the FFBI steal jewels, but only to prove they can do it and then they return the loot to the owners. Their goals are more about being classy and smart than acquiring goods. Really, that's the central message of this book: the difference between doing things the right way, thinking through all the angles, and doing things the easy way. There are, of course, messages about being a team player and fighting fair, as is typical of kid's novels. This volume gives us a solid introduction to a few characters, aspects I'd expect to see built upon in future volumes. The print books is peppered with stylized, appealing illustrations. The audio book has a great sense of timing. It's not so slow as to become boring but not so fast that a young listener will have difficulty following. Eileen Stevens narrates with a variety of voices.

This is a cute book for chapter book readers. It has something that appeal to those that like graphic novel style books and those that prefer novel style writing. It is a fun read for kids.

This was a cute story geared I believe toward 2nd through 4th grade. Cute story with cute characters. The combination graphic fiction and chapter book will appeal to early chapter book readers.