false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg 349435 4 <div><b>Family secrets, forgotten memories, and the transforming power of truth</b><br><br>It's been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present, he's avoided examining his past. But when an intruder dies in the museum-like family home, the man's death sends forth tremors that reawaken forgotten memories. Suddenly Dec is flooded with visions of his mother so tangible it's hard to believe they're not real. At least Dec has his best friend - gifted, funny Ezra - to help him sort out what's real and what isn't. But as Dec's dream visions of his mother turn into nightmares, Ezra announces he's going away, leaving Dec haunted by questions that must be answered. What did happen to his mother? And who really is the thief in the house of memory?<br><br>In this masterful new novel, Tim Wynne-Jones explores with wit, compassion, and humor the fictional territory he knows best - the prickly ties that bind families, the murky connections between imagination and real life.<br></div> 3139903 2005 A Thief in the House of Memory total:62|5:9|4:28|3:18|2:7|1:0| 62 225 99 24 3108642 0374400199 9780374400194 5 3 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255697205m/3108642.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3108642.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 20:33:05 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 20:35:42 -0800 2009
It took me nearly sixty pages to get into A Thief in the House of Memory, but once I finally learned to distinguish between reality and Dec’s imagination I was hooked. Wynne-Jones did an incredible job in this mystery novel of providing just enough—or just too...more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 3 0 false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:41:13 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:48:23 -0700 2009
Dec is just a teenager trying to find out what happened to his mother, who supposedly left his family several years previous. Living just down the hill from his childhood home, Dec, his father, sister, and soon-to-be stepmother try to move on from their past. But when a man is fou...more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:04:37 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 21:10:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3108642 0374400199 9780374400194 5 3 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255697205m/3108642.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3108642.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 2 0 false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 19:30:23 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 21:06:04 -0800 2009 Thief in the House of Memory is the story of a boy whose mother left when he was young and through threw the death of a robber in the house he used to live in, the past becomes real to him and he starts to sort through what happened, why his mother left, and where she is now....more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 3 0 false Wed Dec 09 10:39:48 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 13:59:10 -0800 2009
Thief in the House of Memory is a thriller that follows a young rich boy as he tries to discover the truth about his mother and the thief found in his former house. With the help of his friends he embarks on a mystery quest to discovery the truth missing from h...more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 22:39:24 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 01:46:46 -0800 2009
Dec's mother's mysterious diappearance leaves Dec wondering about his past. He begins to have visions of that are echoes of memories he once had. His childhood home is perserved in the exactness it was when he lived there and it is the ...more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 12:33:12 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 11:14:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Thu Dec 10 14:39:05 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 14:41:55 -0800 2009
People leaving Dec seems to be a common occurrence ...more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 3 0 true Tue Jun 16 21:54:05 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 01:26:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 2 0 false Thu Feb 19 13:32:55 -0800 2009 Thu May 14 13:42:03 -0700 2009 Dev Assets 1, 2, 10, 14, 20, 29
Best Books, mystery. After he and his little sister find a body in their family’s abandoned home (which sits near their vanilla split-level house), Dec decides that it is time to explore the secrets that his dad and his mother’s best friend hav...more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 true Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 22:29:21 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 10 08:30:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 19:02:26 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 19:01:07 -0800 2009
This book is about Dec's search for his mother and his past. When someone is killed in the "house of memory," the house that Dec lived in until his mother left, Dec is flooded with all sorts of memories about his mother. Not really knowing what to belive, Dec sees lies a...more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 12:35:32 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:35:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 3 0 false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 09:14:59 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 09:17:27 -0700 2009 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Fri Apr 10 15:17:30 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 15:27:12 -0700 2009 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 0 0 false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 06:35:06 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 06:41:04 -0700 2009 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 5 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 01:41:16 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 01:42:53 -0700 2009 For example, the flashbacks, which almost merge with ghostlike experiences at times with the MC’s mother, are masterfully transitioned.]]> 349435 0374374783 9780374374785 57 21 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173976990m/349435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349435.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 4 0 false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 20 17:51:27 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 17:53:27 -0800 2009 1 It was interesting to be inside his head as he heard what other think of him.
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Declan's search for his mother was interesting...more...]]> 3108642 0374400199 9780374400194 5 3 3.63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255697205m/3108642.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3108642.A_Thief_in_the_House_of_Memory 2 0 false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 16:03:41 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:52:25 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=349435