Sarah Prineas

Month of November 2022 - The Thief Books

“The Magic Thief: Take the Magic and Run” (Book 1 of 3) - Sarah Prineas (2008; 2009 ed.) 419 pages.

READING LEVEL: 4.5 AR POINTS: 9.0 (Middle grade level)

I’m not into “fantasy” reading, but this was actually a cute little story for middle schoolers, one I think my middle school granddaughter will really enjoy. It’s not outlandishly fantasized like the Harry Potter books and movies and much easier to follow and understand. Don’t let the large number of pages turn you off. The print is larger and there is more white space on the pages. It’s really a quick and easy read.

You don’t take the locus magicalicus from Wizard Nevery Flingas without it instantly killing you. So, when the young, orphaned thief, Connwaer, steals it and doesn’t die, Nevery was intrigued and sets forth to find out if he could be the next apprentice wizard in training.

The city of Wellmet is losing its magical powers, and Nevery has returned to find out why and try to stop it before the city falls into decay.

My interest was piqued wondering where Conn was going to find his own locus magicalicus, a special stone that all wizards must find on their own and is used to create magic. I loved Conn’s honest and meek personality, and I loved that he was the one to discover who and why all the magic was being sucked out of Wellmet.

It’s fun when small, bad characters turn good and end up strong heroes.… (mer)

Después de liberar la magia en la ciudad de Wellmet, Conn sufre ahora las consecuencias de la explosión que tuvo lugar en Casa del Anochecer: se ha quedado sin locus magicalicus y, como consecuencia, ha perdido toda la credibilidad de los magos del Salón de Maestros. Por ello, ha decidido invocar la magia buscando una vía alternativa y totalmente prohibida: la pirotecnia. Después de algunos intentos fallidos, Conn consigue realizar una explosión de fuegos artificiales y la voz de la magia le da, efectivamente, una respuesta: una larguísima palabra con un significado completamente incomprensible para Conn. Mientras tanto, en la ciudad han aparecido unas sombras siniestras de arena que convierten en piedra todo cuanto tocan, y según parece, la arena pertenece a la ciudad de Desh...… (mer)