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Prineas,
Sarah.
THE MAGIC THIEF New York : Harper/Collins, 2008 IL 3-6, RL 4.5 ISBN 006137587X |
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in the shadows, the thing I’d stolen was darker than dark, and though it
was small, a stone no bigger than a baby’s fist, it was heavier than the
heart of a man on his way to the gallows tree. It was a magical thing.
The wizard’s locus magicalicus. As I stared down at the wizardly
stone, it started to glow.
Connwaer is a young pickpocket living on the streets of the city of Wellmet. Stealing a wizard’s stone was a terrible mistake. By all rights, it should have killed him—but it didn’t. Now the wizard Nevery is offering to take Connwaer on as an apprentice, and to train him as a wizard in his own right. But the city’s supply of magic seems to be dwindling. There are dangers all around him and sometimes it’s hard to know whom to trust. Join Connwaer in this fast-paced adventure as he makes new friends and encounters powerful enemies while attempting to find out who’s behind the disappearance of magic in Wellmet. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2009-2010) |
| SUBJECTS:
Magic -- Fiction.
Wizards -- Fiction. Apprentices -- Fiction. Fantasy. |
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