SuitabookSurvival and resourcefulness
Kim has grown up on London’s streets and believes she must steal before others steal from her.
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Patricia C. Wrede - Author
This looks like a brisk fantasy adventure centred on a resourceful child whose habits of survival bring her into contact with real magic. Its strongest offer is the tension between streetwise independence and the possibility of trust, training and change.
Kim doesn't hesitate when a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into the travelling magician's wagon in search of a silver bowl. Kim isn't above a bit of breaking-and-entering. Having grown up a waif in the dirty streets of London-disguised as a boy!-has schooled her in one hard lesson: steal from them before they steal from you. But there is something odd about this magician. He isn't like the other hucksters and swindlers that Kim is used to. When he catches her in the act, Kim thinks she's done for. Until he suggests she become his apprentice. Kim wonders how tough it could be faking a bit of hocus pocus. But Mairelon isn't an act. His magic is real.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis looks like a brisk fantasy adventure centred on a resourceful child whose habits of survival bring her into contact with real magic. Its strongest offer is the tension between streetwise independence and the possibility of trust, training and change.
Kim has grown up on London’s streets and believes she must steal before others steal from her.
Kim is disguised as a boy and, after being caught stealing, is offered an apprenticeship by Mairelon.
Kim assumes Mairelon is like travelling hucksters and swindlers, but discovers that his magic is real.
Stealing and deception are central to the opening situation, while Kim’s hard life may carry emotional weight.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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