The Magic Thief

The Magic Thief
Sarah Prineas
Harper Trophy, 2008
Pages: 411
Reading Level: 9-12
Genre: Fantasy

Connwaer is a young boy who has been a pick-pocket and thief his entire life. One night, he picks the pocket of a wizard named Nevery, and gets his magicalicus. It should have killed him instantly, but it doesn't. Of course the wizard finds him, and when he dos, he is shocked that Conn isn't dead. Because of this he agrees to take on Conn as an apprentice. Conn goes to school, and everyone is shocked that he doesn't have his own Magicalicus, which is supposed to be a rock of some kind. The mages council gives him 30 day to find it, and if he can't, he isn't allowed to be an apprentice. He looks and looks, and on day thirty, he finds it. It is the largest emerald on the Duchesses finest necklace. He steals it and almost gets arrested when Nevery tells everyone it is Conn's magicalicus, and he HAS to have it. Conn knows that something is going on with the magic in the air, and he knows it is up to him and his emerald magicalicus to figure it out. It turns out that it is being stolen and stored by Conn's uncle, and if he doesn't free it, it will die. He finds where the magic has been stolen and uses his magicalicus to set it free.

I would recommend this book to children from poorer houses. It shows that even those at the bottom can acheive greatness

This book could possibly condone thievery in children, for it makes it seem as if stealing isn't bad, and that a child won't get punished for it.

I really enjoyed this book, and think that it is a book that every child should read

My Rating: *****