Robber and Me

When Boniface Schroll, a shy orphan, is left all alone in a cold, dark forest, a big man in a black hat rescues him. The next day he awakens in his Uncle Emil's house. Boniface, who wants a place to call home, likes the people in the small farming village. But when he hears about the many robberies committed by a man wearing a big black hat, Boniface wonders if he should risk telling his uncle what he knows about the mysterious man. An ALA Notable Children's Book. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year.Holub, Josef is the author of 'Robber and Me', published 1999 under ISBN 9780606159098 and ISBN 0606159096.