The Magic Thief (25 page)

Authors: Sarah Prineas

THANKS TOâ¦

Jenn Reese for her generous friendship and for believing in the power of story.

My agent, Caitlin Blasdell, and my editor, Melanie Donovan. And to the team at HarperCollins: editorial assistant Greg Ferguson, editorial director Phoebe Yeh, copy editor Kathryn Silsand, designer Sasha Illingworth, artist Antonio Javier Caparo, and the goddesses of subrights, Camilla Borthwick, Jean McGinley, and Joan Rosen.

Sandra McDonald, Chance Morrison, Charlie Finlay, Toby Buckell, Dave Schwartz, Elizabeth Glover, Heather Shaw, Lisa Bradley, Deb Coates, Rachel Swirsky, Christopher East, Melissa Marr, Dean Lorey, Patrick Samphire, Tim Pratt, Paul Melko, and Steph Burgis (most especially), and a quadruple espresso thanks to Greg van Eekhout for hugely inspiring pep talks, for doodling on the manuscript, and for encouraging my bacon habit.

Anne and Ward Bing, and Anne Hankins. Warm and sunny thanks to Pat and Frank Hankins. And to my dear Theo and The Maud.

And most of all, thanks to John, best husband in the world. And yes, best critiquer, too.

Praise

“Sarah Prineas's vivid descriptions made me feel as if I was walking right next to Conn, her young resourceful hero.”

âD. J. MacHale, author of the Pendragon series

“Thief-erific! Magic-tastic! Biscuit-tacular!”

âYsabeau S. Wilce, author of
FLORA SEGUNDA

“An uncommonly engaging young narrator kicks this debut fantasy ahead of the general run.”

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Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)

“What works wonderfully well here is the boy's irresistible voice.”

âALA
Booklist
(starred review)

“A delight to readâ¦sure to draw avid fans back for more.”

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The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
(starred review)

Credits

Cover design by Sasha Illingworth

Copyright

THE MAGIC THIEF
. Text copyright Â© 2008 by Sarah Prineas. Illustrations copyright Â© 2008 by Antonio Javier Caparo. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Adobe Digital Edition March 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-185230-5

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