The Magic Thief

437 Pages·2009·20.4 MB·English

by  Sarah Prineas

book one
by Sarah Prineas
illustrations by
Antonio Javier Caparo
To Maud,

who laughed in all

the right places
Contents
Map viii
Chapter 1
A thief is a lot like a wizard. I have… 1
Chapter 2
On my first apprentice morning, the wizard Nevery
woke me… 14
Chapter 3
On the morning of my second day as Nevery’s
apprentice,… 34
Chapter 4
The box was full of magical things, all wrapped up… 49
Chapter 5
I woke up on my third day as Nevery’s apprentice… 59
Chapter 6
The next morning, I mixed some biscuits the way
Nevery… 72
Chapter 7
When we finished lunch, I lugged up some water for… 83
Chapter 8
Back at Heartsease, Nevery changed me into a boy, and… 93
Chapter 9
I’d never been into Nevery’s workroom before. It was
where… 101
Chapter 10
The rocks I’d found were laid out on trays covered… 110
Chapter 11
I gave Nevery the book I’d found in the other… 117
Chapter 12
Nevery decided to take me to the academicos the next… 126
Chapter 13
The next day, Nevery told me I would be presented… 139
Chapter 14
After the meeting with the magisters, Nevery and I
walked… 150
Chapter 15
The next day, Nevery was in a hurry to get… 155
Chapter 16
I spent six days going to school with Rowan, while… 165
Chapter 17
Twenty days left. 175
Chapter 18
Sixteen days left. I’d been wasting too much time being… 192
Chapter 19
Today was the last day. 209
Chapter 20
After I left Heartsease, using the keystone to pass the… 214
Chapter 21
Even from outside and across the room, I could see… 227
Chapter 22
When I came to, the call of the jewel had… 237
Chapter 23
Captain Kerrn decided that the first dose of phlister
hadn’t… 245
Chapter 24
In the morning, I woke up as usual in my… 261
Chapter 25
Nevery and I left the house. “You didn’t tell Keeston… 271
Chapter 26
On the way up the hill to the Dawn Palace,… 279
Chapter 27
When I came down for breakfast the morning after my… 296
Chapter 28
Benet, Keeston, and I turned off Strangle Street into an… 308
Chapter 29
“Benet,” I said the next day. 317
Chapter 30
Despite the new windows, the air in my attic was… 329
Chapter 31
Blending with the night, I slunk through the alleys until… 337
Chapter 32
I went straight back to the dark alleyway where my… 348
Chapter 33
Captured. Not by Kerrn’s men, though. They weren’t
black bag… 355
Chapter 34
I was being stupid. 368
Chapter 35
When we stepped out of Pettivox’s house, it was night… 375
Chapter 36
I woke up. Even with my eyes closed, I knew… 396
A Guide To Wellmet’s People and Places 413
Thanks To… 422
Praise
Credits
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher

Map
Wellmet

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The River
1. Heartsease
2. Academicos
3. Wizards’ houses
4. Magisters Hall
5. Night Bridge
=== tunnels under
river to islands
The Twilight
6. Sark Square
7. Dusk House
8. Factories and warehouses
9. Half Chick Lane
10. Strangle Street
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11
The Sunrise
11. Pettivox’s house
12. Dawn Palace