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false <![CDATA[The Magic Thief: Stolen (Magic Thief)]]> 1809175 8 With starred reviews from Booklist, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and Kirkus, The Magic Thief is a sweeping fantasy debut, the first in an anticipated trilogy. In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Nevery finds that interesting, and he takes Conn as his apprentice on the provision that the boy find a locus stone of his own. But Conn has little time to search for his stone between wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who—or what—is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic. 1808499 book 1 6 2008 The Magic Thief: Stolen (Magic Thief) total:472|5:151|4:217|3:83|2:16|1:5| 472 1909 806 177 5 2 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 04:36:21 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 19:09:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Mar 23 17:11:38 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 17:13:28 -0700 2008
The Magic Thief has a number of familiar fantasy motifs and character types. But in Sarah Prineas's hands a story that could have been predictable instead has a wonderful freshness and vitality about it. The invented world in which Conn mov...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 07:20:09 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 14:51:18 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 15:38:24 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 14:28:55 -0700 2008
To begin I think a bit of background is in order, because the 3-star rating I gave is deceptively low. The rating only reflects the book and its success stacked against mys...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 16:46:50 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 08:45:49 -0700 2008
In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the ...more

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After the first chapter the book slows down b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 23:59:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 22:44:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 18:35:59 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:55:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 14 11:02:56 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 07:28:13 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 11:02:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Sep 26 03:01:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 15:00:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:05:54 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:11:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 25 05:32:56 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:05:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 18:50:20 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 04:45:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:00:49 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 12:58:45 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:56:46 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:09:39 -0700 2009
Connwaer is a gutterboy, a lockpick and a thief. He lives in the city of Wellmet, in the dangerous part of town known as the Twilight, where he survives on his wits -- and not much else. In short, Conn is a pickpocket -- until the day he picks the wrong pocket. When the old...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Apr 11 11:09:31 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 10:09:23 -0700 2009
Conn, a young thief and pickpocket, reached into the older gentleman’s pocket and, in less than a blink of an eye, stole what felt to be a very heavy rock. Conn took one look at it and knew instantly that it was a locus magicalicus, a wizard’s magic s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 06:04:20 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 06:05:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:59:47 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 20:26:36 -0800 2009
I read this one because it was nominated for a Cybil which made me think it must have something good about it and I wasn't disappoint...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1809175