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Little Thieves

Margaret Owen · 2021
84/100
👍 Worth It

Margaret Owen's antihero narrator is one of the sharpest, most self-aware voices in recent YA fantasy — sarcastic on the surface and genuinely aching underneath. The heist-meets-curse-countdown plot is inventive, the thematic weight around class and trauma is real, and a Kirkus starred review backs up what readers already found. Death-goddess mythology and an assault reference (handled carefully but present) put this firmly in older-teen territory.

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Verdict receipt0–100
safety68
substance82
craft86
originality85
accuracy80
hype78
age-fit80
human-eye87
Penny’s verdict84
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