Series Moment: There are so many in this book! The biggest ones are from Costis’ perspective, as his view of the king becomes the readers’ (despite the information we already know), and so it almost seems as if Eugenides and Attolia do not actually love one another. Then Eugenides almost gets killed, and the kiss they share is so charged and romantic, that the reader realizes they have always been like this, they’re just incredibly private—and very careful about who they invite into that confidence. A tantalizing, suspenseful, exceptionally clever novel is set in a Mediterranean-like country called Sounis in a time when the old gods have just been supplanted. (So vivid are the geography and the details of daily life that the reader can easily believe in the existence of this imaginary landscape.) Gen, a thief languishing in the royal dungeons, is summarily reclaimed by the king’s magus, who wants him to steal the unstealable: a legendary stone conferring the power of the throne of Eddis, a rival neighboring country, on its bearer. The magus and his companions set off, with Gen brought along as a ‘useful sort of tool.’” Once upon a time, a debut author wrote a book about a thief, and that book was so good that it won the Newbery, spawned a series lasting over twenty years, and inspired an entire generation of fantasy writers you know and love. Your faves? Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Laini Taylor, Cassandra Clare… yeah, they’re all fans. The Thief is a novel by Megan Whalen Turner. It is the first in the Queen's Thief series, and was originally published on October 1st, 1996 in the United States. Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)". ala.org . Retrieved 2014-01-25.

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Horning, Kathleen (2009). The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books. American Library Association. p. 30. ISBN 978-0838935859. Plus, there is somehow, incredibly, a twist in every single book. Whenever you think you’ve caught on to Turner’s cleverness, she mines a new perspective or practices a new bit of narrative sleight-of-hand. While it seemed as if this series would just continue on into perpetuity, The Queen’s Thief series is coming to a bittersweet, sure to be emotionally ruinous, end. Turner, Megan Whalen. "Just in case you thought someone else was writing this book …". Tumblr . Retrieved 10 November 2018. Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started CloseThe main character, a boy named Gen (short for Eugenides), is released from prison by the magus of the King of Sounis. Gen had been imprisoned for stealing the King's seal. The magus, whose name is not revealed, finds Gen to be filthy, uncouth, and insolent, but he values Gen's skills as a thief. Without telling Gen where they are going, he takes him out of the city. They are joined by the magus's two apprentices, Sophos and Ambiades, and by a soldier, Pol.

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Before the holidays, fans of Megan Whalen Turner’s The Queen’s Thief series got an early present: News that Disney would be developing her 1996 novel The Thief for its Disney+ streaming service. It’s unclear whether it will be a movie or (hopefully) a TV series, only that screenwriter Brian Duffield ( Love and Monsters, The Divergent Series: Insurgent) will adapt the novel, and that producer Jim Whitaker ( A Wrinkle in Time, Pete’s Dragon) is attached. Despite the Mede threat being resolved, the wedding preparations stall: Attolia cannot believe that Eugenides would love her, after all she did to him, and takes his words as lies; and Eugenides must make peace with the revelation that the gods were the ones who alerted both Attolia and Nahuseresh to his plans, guiding these mortals exactly to this moment. When he demands to know why they cut off his hand and trapped him in a royal role he never wanted, they show him a vision of the Sacred Mountain erupting—the reason for needing to unite Eddis and Attolia. When Eugenides next tells Attolia (whose name is revealed to be Irene) that he loves her, she believes him. In addition to its charismatic hero, this story possesses one of the most valuable treasures of all—a twinkling jewel of a surprise ending." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Megan Whalen Turner - Short Stories". meganwhalenturner.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05 . Retrieved 2014-01-25.Attolia cutting off Gen’s hand, of course. What makes it so devastating in The Queen of Attolia is how it’s almost a blink-and-miss-it moment—the adaptation wouldn’t have to make it any bigger than that, but it must be in there. This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.