Thief!

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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. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-09-14 10:05:18 Boxid IA1928621 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier 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. 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! High profile cases such as the horrific murder of Stephen Lawrence, as well as her own negative personal experiences, made her consider the issue of race. By this time she felt she had a comfortable platform and respect enough within the world of writing (as well as television) to contribute positively to a difficult subject. Noughts and Crosses

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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. Fran’s father is angry at Fran for bringing a complete stranger into their home. Fran’s dad thinks Lydia is a spy. Lydia faints. She wakes up in a small room. It’s Fran’s bedroom. Fran explains her father (a former Nurse) healed her arm by using an advanced type of medical treatment, known as “Staples” which are somehow sewn into Lydia’s arm under the wound. Fran explains her father is part of an organisation plotting to kill the Tyrant. Fran tells her that the Town is run by an evil Tyrant who uses the Night Guards as his army and makes the laws. He goes out of his way to make every citizen miserable. Tarwich is not called Tarwich anymore, it’s now known as Hensonville. Then it’s revealed that the Tyrants name is Daniel Henson, Lydia’s younger brother! She watches TV in the living room with Fran and her dad, the TV takes up the whole wall. It shows Daniel Henson, gloating about how he’s the Ruler and how much he despises the Town and that if anybody dares to go out after curfew they will die… 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. Why does Lydia not realize this was all Anne’s plan from the very beginning? Anne told Lydia that everyone in the group had done this - including Frankie and Bharti. Frankie gives Lydia the cold shoulder (And Lydia does not assume this is because Lydia failed her task, but because Frankie thinks Lydia is a thief) and Bharti only believes Lydia because he likes to be contrary like that. Anne’s lie is obvious, no? This book starts off as a realistic story of school life, focusing on the struggles of Lydia as she tries to settle into a new school. Things go from bad to worse when she is wrongly accused of stealing the school cup.

THIEF! is an imaginative novel which plays with the parable of not letting hate beget hate. We follow the protagonist Lydia as she tries to deal with the contempt of a whole town. It ultimately leads her to being whisked about 40 years into the future, where her town his subjected to the oppression of the Tyrant. Firstly we are introduced to the main protagonist, Lydia. She's a 12 year old who's main goal is to just fit in school. I'm sure many of us have been there before. So far the books going well. The Times newspaper once described Malorie as a ‘National Treasure’. Looking at her remarkable list of accomplishments, it is difficult to argue with that sentiment. I didn’t mind Lydia in this book, and the prose wasn’t great, but entirely tolerable, as long as you ignore all the exclamation points. A children story that can only be enjoyed by the children is not a good children story in the slightest.” - C.S. Lewis

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This is an exciting book which allows the reader to imagine the future and the advance in technology. This book did have me hooked at certain points though at times i felt it was a tad too descriptive. Lydia had found someone like her: someone who loved comics and carrots, someone who hated everything with cabbage in it, and who thought that circus clowns were downright boring.” Bundle of 11 short reading comprehensions with questions using the language of the SATs tests. They are ideal for revision. Largely they focus on inference, retrieval and providing evidence for answers. If this was some foolish kind of prank, Lydia, then I have to tell you I’m not amused- Now I don’t believe you meant to really steal it, otherwise you would have taken it home with you. Certainly you’d have taken it off the school premises(...)” Time Travel: - largely forwards/future Time Travel story? - Yes Family relations - Yes Main Character Identity: - FemaleOne 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. Lydia is understandably stressed out by the accusations; starts feeling persecuted and the like. But she is so ridiculously snappy with Frankie - not just once, but twice, when Frankie tries to talk to her. It’s not entirely unrealistic, as with everything concerning Lydia’s character, but it doesn’t make her likeable or interesting. 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: 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. Thief!' centres around a character named Lydia who is labelled as a thief by a bully at her school. Lydia tries to escape the bullying and retreats to the moors near her home. Whilst walking through the moors Lydia is transported to the future and is met with a much changed, cruel world ruled by a familiar tyrant. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll stop there!