Thief!

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A children story that can only be enjoyed by the children is not a good children story in the slightest.” - C.S. Lewis The book just looses all it's meaning. It becomes unrealistic to the max and doesn't give a solution to the problem. It just holds up and shows the future of Lydia's life where everything seems weird because the town is ruled by some mutant tyrant? It didn't match with the storyline at all and just made it unbearable to read. I chose this book as a step out of my comfort zone- I rarely read any sci fi related books- but I was pleasantly suprised.

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But damn. That time travel wasn’t thought through. Or rather. None of the characters thought it through. At first I thought only Lydia was an idiot. But. Seems like I was wrong.

Time Travel: - largely forwards/future Time Travel story? - Yes Family relations - Yes Main Character Identity: - Female The main story is quite banal and it revolves around a stolen sports cup which the main character Lydia is framed for stealing. It presents some important themes such as friendship and trust, bullying at school, trying to fit in and peer pressure, even though these aren’t explored in as much depth as they could be. The argument is that there is no one worse. But that doesn’t say they will be a whole lot better. According to Fran, the whole of England is cluttered with rulers ranging from poor to downright awful. I guess it was too much to handle. One second Lydia is in a bus reconciling the previous events that had just happened and the next second she's being shot for going out past curfew time. urn:lcp:thief0000blac:epub:dee7ec69-2d14-488c-9738-e265e6344656 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier thief0000blac Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t80m1n97v Invoice 1652 Isbn 0552551651

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I LOVES THIS BOOK SO MUCH, IT IS BRILLANT. The book it about a girl who just moved to a new town and begins a new school. she gets pressured to steal a trophy to be a part of a group. she gets framed and ends up running away. and goes to the future, where she sees her brother as the master of a town and is horrible to everyone, because of what happened to his sister. In give it 4 stars because it didn’t give some information about the parents when Lyidia went to the future. Because lyidia didn’t see her parents in the future. So did they die how? Or did they move away when? The whole sort of moral message here seems to be ‘don’t be mad at all these people’, or something to that tune. But there isn’t really any conflict here. The moment Lydia is propelled into the future, and realizes what is up, she wants to stop it. She doesn’t miss a beat when she comes home. The conflict here is not internal; Lydia realizing hate is not a good thing, but entirely external. She finds out the truth about Danny and Old Lyddy, and then it’s off to the past, be all sunshine and smiles. I don’t really feel like any lesson has been taught. I don’t know. The delivery of any kind of message here is sloppy at best. Personally, I thought the twist was pretty neat; and entirely unexpected, rather novel. And I don’t mind that the time travel isn’t explained. As long as you set yourself some rules and then abide by them then things are fine.The Tyrants meets Lydia, who recognise each other. The Tyrant looks like Lydia’s dad with some of their mothers features. The Tyrant thinks that someone modified her face so she’d look like his sister when she was her age. The Tyrant shows Lydia a Tower when she keeps refusing to admit she’s fake. The Tower is in memory of Lydia, who died a few days before her 13th birthday, December 18th in a car crash. The Tyrant blames The Town for ‘forcing them out” due to Lydia’s alleged crimes (which she never even committed). Lydia escapes without Mike, who told her that if they got caught they both had to run away, without each other if that’s what it takes. Lydia escapes through a hidden Tunnel under a tree with Fran’s help. Lydia tells Fran her story, about the Collivale sports cup and Fran’s mothers accident. Fran puts together a story that her mother Frankie once told her. That Lydia was framed for both crimes she allegedly committed, and Fran knows who the culprit is. Fran calls Mrs Joyce, telling her that Mike has been captured. Mrs Joyce is not just upset, she’s also scornful and regretful. She expresses that the Tyrant “really hates us” but when she says “us” she means herself and Mike. Thief" is not fantasy, per se, but has elements of the supernatural, if you will. The opening chapters are a reflection of true life, but then, as the story progresses, we see our protagonist travelling into the future (I hope that's not a spoiler!). Things really get interesting from there. REALLY.

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And finally, I just want to whinge about Lydia’s character...nothing wrong here, I just didn’t grow to like her much. Her reason for declaring Frankie her ‘best friend’ after three weeks is because: Which means that out of a 100%, 100% loved this book. I must add that I've read this book twice, both in my fifteenth year of life. Which is two years ago. I dont have a copy, and have never stumbled upon it again in any library or bookshop. But I still remember all of the twists and major plot points. So I should be fine with this review. Hopefully.The next thing you know, you're in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You don't even recognise your hometown. And you're heading for a confrontation from your worst nightmare. One day there is an accident involving her friend and a misunderstanding that Lydia can’t take it anymore and tries to run away but is caught in a strange storm and the next thing she knows, she is in the future and the whole future is bizarre, making her go crazy. and you’re wrong,” one man’s voice argued vehemently. “If we get rid of him, how do you know he won’t be replaced by someone worse?”

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Fran knowing all about Lydia’s conflict. Why would Frankie tell her this in such aching detail? One would assume that it’s to make Fran understand the Tyrant’s motivations, but the thing is, Fran doesn’t know about his motivations! Only about the cup-conflict. And not just, oh there was this girl in town who ran away and died because people accused her of theft. But in every single -she-tried-to-speak-to-you-in-the-parking-lot-of-the-supermarket-but-you-wouldn’t-listen-i-wish-you-had-listened-then-she-slipped-and-fell-but-it-wasn’t-your-fault detail. Fran’s general knowledge on the subject broke my suspension of disbelief. Felt a lot like lazy writing. Lydia is quite happy with her life; she has just moved down from London to a small town called Tarwich and has already made a friend but then she is blamed for a theft that she did not commit. Suddenly her life turns upside down and everywhere she looks people are pointing at her and shouting ‘THIEF!’. All she wants to do is hide in humiliation and only her 10-year-old brother, Danny, really understands how she feels. Isn’t that nice? Obviously a book aimed at children, so the dialogue and description is a little simple, but a fun story nonetheless which took a turn I didn’t see coming at all. Don't get me wrong, the storyline was good for both the present arc and the future arc but merging the two together just gives an unrealistic and distorted take on life and to a point became unbearable.

Lydia a new girl at school has been accused of stealing from the school. In reality she is a victim of bullying-but only her brother really believes she didn't steal. The bullying gets to a point where Lydia decides she needs to get away...only to collapse and wake up in a completely new world... Lydia soon realsises she is in the future and it is up to her to put things right! Her books are so intelligent and even though they are written for readers who are more on the 'Young' side of 'Young Adults', they are still rich with well-thought out characters and don't shy away from gritty and uncomfortable subject matters. (I remember the controversy that Pig Heart Boy caused when it was adapted for the BBC!)