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| Original Title: | The Magic Thief |
| ISBN: | 006137587X (ISBN13: 9780061375873) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.magicthief.com |
| Series: | Magic Thief #1 |
| Characters: | Connwaer (Conn), Nevery Flinglas, Benet, Rowan Forestal |
| Literary Awards: | E.B. White Read Aloud Award Nominee (2009), Iowa Teen Award Nominee (2011), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2012) |
Sarah Prineas
Hardcover | Pages: 419 pages Rating: 3.96 | 17097 Users | 1200 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Magic Thief (Magic Thief #1) |
| Author | : | Sarah Prineas |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 419 pages |
| Published | : | June 3rd 2008 by HarperCollins |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Magic. Young Adult. Fiction |
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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.Rating About Books The Magic Thief (Magic Thief #1)
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In the fantasy story The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas, the city of Wellmet is losing its magic. Conn is a young pick-pocket and a thief, who is growing up alone on the streets of Twilight, dirty, in thread-bare clothes, just trying to stay alive. He picks the pocket of a wizard named Nevery and takes his locus magicalicus, a stone that focuses the magic of wizards. Each wizard has their own, unique locus magicalicus. Surprisingly, he lives after touching the stone. Nevery is fascinated, andI LOVED IT....first a thank you to the anonymous human being who donated this in its PERFECT,seems to be not read, new condition in my local used-books store....a million thanks for that, though I wonder why you gave such brilliant book away....I have this idea that every book YA, or middle grade had the word "THIEF" in its title, it an amazing adventure ,and mostly am NOT disappointed, it is funny how many books I have with that word in...and this one also did NOT disappoint, my heart and mind
This one just felt right from the beginning and continued to hit me the right way throughout. It's a bit younger than I normally read, but the fact that I never felt the least bit less enjoyment from it says a lot.It's extraordinary because if you set up the plot it sounds very, very old. Young boy, underdog of the first order (orphan, "gutterboy", pick-pocket), taken up, reluctantly, by an older wizard - a grumpy and often distracted one who ultimately comes to care for the boy. (I almost could
The story is told in first person by Conn, the thief; through the journal of Mevery, the wizard; and in correspondence to and from him. Conn has forever been a thief, but when he steals a wizard's magic stone and nothing happens, the wizard takes an interest in the boy. Conn becomes Nevery's apprentice, an uneasy assignment for both the boy and his master. To be an apprentice and accepted by the council of wizards, Conn must first find his own magic stone, not an easy task. When Nevery is asked
One of my friends received this book as a gift from a friend years ago but no one ever read it. When my 9-year-old was sick this summer (and his siblings were out of town) I wanted to read aloud to him and decided to give this one a try. We were both delightfully surprised. The story is fun and compelling and the writing is decent (I was occasionally annoyed by the clunky style, but that may have been mostly because I was reading it aloud). It is a bit of a Harry Potter rip off, but that's
One of my friends received this book as a gift from a friend years ago but no one ever read it. When my 9-year-old was sick this summer (and his siblings were out of town) I wanted to read aloud to him and decided to give this one a try. We were both delightfully surprised. The story is fun and compelling and the writing is decent (I was occasionally annoyed by the clunky style, but that may have been mostly because I was reading it aloud). It is a bit of a Harry Potter rip off, but that's
Hmm. It's a fun, fluffy book for MG readers who enjoyed the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson books. The illustrations on the inside are reminiscent of Mary GrandPré's Potter artwork, yet it does get repetitive as the same pictures are shown over and over again instead of individual designs for each chapter.The wizards in this universe must let a magical object choose them in order to access their powers, but instead of a wand it's a stone called the magilicus locus (which just so happens to work
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