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  <title><![CDATA[The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)]]></title>
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  <default-description>The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen fro, the king's prison. The magus is interested only in the thief's abilities. 

What Gen is interested in is anyone's guess. Their journey toward the treasure is both dangerous and difficult, lightened only imperceptibly by the tales they tell of the old gods and goddesses. </default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1996</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Megan Whalen Turner]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[YA history/fantisy buffs]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 04 11:14:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 04 11:19:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Over the years I have become a bit of a book snob, especially when it comes to YA lit.  Such was my attitude whrn I started this first book in a seies.  However, by the time I reached the end of the book, I was a gibbering mess.  The author has managed to make a simple action/adventure book into a w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7261523">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 13 11:19:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 25 06:43:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A thief sprung from jail to help a Magnus steal an ancient treasure, warring kingdoms, political intrigue, sword fights, narrow escapes,a mythology invented especially for this fictional place, and a quest--everything, it would seem, to keep me reading.  So I am wondering why I so disliked this book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17683108">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 11 09:24:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 11 09:39:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The main character of this story is mesmerizing. Turner has fleshed him out so fully, he's stepped right off the pages to join the ranks of characters the likes of Uriah Heep and Bertie Wooster. Gen is more likeable than either of them, though. <br/><br/>This is fantasy that doesn't feel like fant...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19936650">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47713544">
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 27 13:20:28 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 27 13:22:53 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has been sitting on my shelf for several (we won't go into how many exactly) years. I even *gasp* had both sequels sitting on the shelf next to it. And in the interest of full disclosure, I even started <em>The Thief</em> a couple of years ago, got 25 pages in, and stopped. For reasons I no longer ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47713544">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37116717">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 07 09:32:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 16 19:22:43 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another book my wife insisted that I read. It was our before-bed read aloud book last month.<br/><br/>Reading 10-15 pages a night, the first half of the book was enjoyable, but unfolded rather slowly. I was a bit puzzled about why my wife was so enthusiastic about the book.  Then, about h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37116717">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21185792">
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  <read_at>Mon May 19 06:08:32 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 28 12:50:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 19 06:08:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Intelligently surprising,&quot; posts Kirsti Meyer from the Meyer Sporadic Times.  If I were a reviewer with clout and authors/publishers cared about my words enough to print them on the cover (or inside pages) of books, that's what my contribution would be, &quot;intelligently surprising&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21185792">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14481619">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 03 18:36:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 06 20:57:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an enjoyable story with excellent characters. The characters are by far the strongest aspect of the book. Too much of the action and dialogue was described indirectly for my taste (the narrator telling us what's happening or what's being said, rather than us getting to see or hear it), but t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14481619">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13898287">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[middle school and up   any gender]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 28 20:51:42 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 08 14:24:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;. . . I had bragged without shame about my skills in every wine store in the city.  I had wanted everyone to know that I was the finest thief since mortal men were made, and I must have come close to accomplishing the goal.  Huge crowds had gathered for my trial.  Most of the guards in the pri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13898287">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37319448">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Dec 02 07:22:25 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 10 07:50:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 02 07:22:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend recommended this to me. She loves the series and has been trying to get me to read them for a while. I got through the first 100 pages telling myself it would get better but it didn't. At that point I decided I might as well finish as I was already pretty far into it. <br/><br/>I found th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37319448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22977996">
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  <date_added>Mon May 26 09:24:12 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 26 09:30:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think Turner has crafted a perfect story here. You get just enough clues to keep you ahead of some of the characters but not enough to give away the whole thing. Gen is enormously likable, proud of his skills, worried about getting his self-appointed task right, occasionally lapsing in his portray...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22977996">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14793378">
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    <location><![CDATA[Rocklin, CA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Teens to adults who like good fiction]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Feb 06 22:24:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I adore this book to death! I heard it on tape, then listened to it again a few days later, and then again a few weeks ago. I love how it's set in a place very similar to Greece or Italy, and how it could almost really happen. I love Eugenides' ego, and am jealous of his talents.(Though if I had the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14793378">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41413237">
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    <body><![CDATA[I freaking LOVED this book. :) It was great.]]></body>
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    <review id="67836183">
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 17 20:59:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 20:59:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading this book because it does not talk down to its audience. Turner writes books for children; this book won a Newberry Award. But she is aware of the fact that children are intelligent and that they deserve intelligent writing. She does not write for children, specifically. She...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67836183">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63175377">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the magic, suspense, religion explored in The Thief.  I was also quite attracted to Gen’s character and his masquerade.  I had to admit I knew that he had taken the object from the Magus but I did not expect that getting thrown into the King’s prison and named as a thief was part of hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63175377">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61287236">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 27 08:46:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 27 09:09:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not big on giving out five star reviews, but this entire series earns it completely and utterly.  The Thief is hard to describe because it's too easy to give out spoilers, but basically it's an adventure story set in an alternate universe which is very much like ancient Greece. A young thief nam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61287236">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53553117">
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 21 22:38:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know how many years ago I first read The Thief--at least 10. When I came across a used copy at a library book sale last week, I soon found myself rereading...  :)  Even knowing where the twists would turn, it was as wonderful as ever. I just love Gen! The dialogue &amp; characterizations are sup...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53553117">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41155176">
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    <body><![CDATA[The moment I finished reading The Thief I wanted to begin reading it again. It is a wonderful adventure story that is multilayered and has many twists and turns to keep the reader fully engaged. This is especially impressive as the novel is a first person narrative. Mystery and suspense are difficul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74533039">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Thief is a timeless, classic story that kind of reminds me of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It's a tale about a few travellers who - in the end - grow to like and care for each other and learning some important lessons along the way. I am not a reader who expects to gain better insight and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65732930">more...</a>]]></body>
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