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Bardugo, Leigh.
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Booktalk #1 The Crows are one of the many gangs running the streets of Ketterdam, and Kaz Brekker, the crew’s leader, is one of the best thieves in the city. When he is presented with the heist of a lifetime, he can’t possibly say no, but he also can’t possibly pull it off on his own. He enlists aid from six of his Crows, each of whom has a specific skill: the spy, the sharpshooter, the Heartrender who has the ability to use magic as a weapon, the convict with inside knowledge, and the runaway. These five individuals, each with their own motive, will follow Kaz on a potentially impossible journey, ending either in riches beyond imagining ... or certain death. Full of action, adventure, fantastical elements, and mystery, this will be a read that you can’t put down. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Program, 2017) Booktalk #2 Set in Bardugo's "Grishaverse" (same world as her Shadow and Bone series), is this superb fantasy novel, Six of Crows. We starts in the port city of Ketterdam, where anything can be had for a price. Some of the town is upper class, but most of the story takes place in the seedier side of Ketterdam where the criminals lurk. One thief, Kaz, is offered a chance at a heist, what arguably could be called a suicide mission, which will make them rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams. But he can't do it alone. He enlists a small group of people: a convict with a thirst for revenge, a sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager, a runaway with a privileged past, a spy known as the Wraith, and a Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. This
story is told in the alternating voices of all six
diverse characters. What is at stake is none other than
the destruction of the world as they know it--but they
don't all like or trust each other. Can they pull
off this heist before they kill each other? Booktalk
#3 Kaz
Brekker runs Ketterdam’s top street gang The Dregs.
Efficient, ruthless and only occasionally charming, Kaz
is the one to go see if you want results. When he’s
hired by a collective of wealthy merchants to kidnap a
scientist from an impenetrable fortress, his team must
be as good as he is. On paper that team- a girl like a
cat with a gift for blending in to her background and
for scaling the tallest buildings, a sharpshooter with a
gambling problem, a runaway with a mysterious past and a
shaky hand with explosives, a man sent to jail by the
woman he both loves and hates, and a heartrender who
uses magic and her looks in equal parts to get what she
wants- doesn’t look very promising, but Kaz is
determined to collect his reward. With each member
bringing a unique skill set to play, this team may be
the only combination of people who can pull off this
impossible job. Set in the Grisha world of her previous
trilogy, Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows reads like a more
magical Ocean’s 11 and is perfect for anyone looking for
a little romance, a lot of adventure and a completely
unique world to fall in love with. (Georgia Peach
Book Award for Teen Readers 2017-2018 Nominees ) Booktalk #4 Ketterdam:
a bustling hub of international trade where anything can
be had for the right price--and no one knows that better
than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a
chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond
his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone... A
convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who
can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a
privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A
Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A
thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous
outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only
thing that might stand between the world and
destruction―if they don't kill each other first. (New
Hampshire Flume Teen Award, 2018) Booktalk
#5 Kaz
Brekker is a criminal who runs part of the seedy
underworld of the Barrel, an area no good citizen walks
in after dark. He always has his ear to the ground and
his spies ferreting out useful information. When Kaz
hears that the creator of a drug that augments the
magical powers of users called Grisha is locked in an
impenetrable prison where he will be used to alter the
balance of power in Kaz's whole world, he is interested.
Interested enough to put a team of malcontents together
to do the unthinkable - storm the prison, abduct the
prisoner and sell him to the highest bidder. Join a
Heartrender, a weapons expert, the Wraith - a spy that
can get anywhere unseen, a demolitions man, and a
traitorous soldier as you return to the world of the
Grisha in this fast-paced, magical heist caper. (Mike
Fleming, Teacher-Librarian Pacific Cascade Middle School
Library, Issaquah, WA , |
| SUBJECTS: Fantasy fiction. Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction. |
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