Discover the fantasy and wonder of The Magic Thief, the first book
in Sarah Prineas's acclaimed middle grade fantasy series! Diana Wynne
Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle, said: "I couldn't put it down.
Wonderful, exciting stuff."
In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn
into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the
day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus
magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some
reason he did not. Nevery finds that interesting, and he takes Conn as
his apprentice on the provision that the boy find a locus stone of his
own. But Conn has little time to search for his stone between wizard
lessons and helping Nevery discover who--or what--is stealing the city
of Wellmet's magic.