Crookhaven: The School for Thieves

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Jonkin verran aika tuttuja nuorten kirjojen juonen käänteitä, mutta viihdyin silti hyvin tämän vaudikkaan sarjan avausosan parissa. There are several other characters as well that are a lot of fun, Villette Harkness the rival, Gabriel's sweet grandmother, and plucky new character Val. Perfect action/adventure for young readers, with enough filling to satisfy those that are older as well. The second book in the 'criminally good' Crookhaven series, the secret school where students are taught to do wrong, so that one day, they can put the world to rights.

The messages don't always hit – the story starts by implying Gabriel has had a tough time as a Hispanic(? Gabriel Avery has never known his parents but lives with his Grandma on the grounds of a very posh house as she is the housekeeper. Much like the first book, this was a lot of fun, packed with charming school antics, mystery and action.To survive, he picks pockets, but when he picks the pocket of Caspian Crook, he is invited to Crookhaven, a boarding school for budding thieves who use their skills for good. He's top of his class, deals justice to bullies in ways that make him look epic and cool, and figures things out precisely when he needs to – it was most egregious when he manages to connect two dots about Villette Harkness' past completely left-field. Given the plethora of boarding school books out there, I know it's not easy to create a unique world and the tropes can be overdone, but this series totally nails it. He also does that obnoxious 'I won't tell my friends my master plan until after it's done' thing that bothers me so much. The plot is full of twists and turns, and cracks along at a very satisfying pace, and Crookhaven is definitely somewhere readers will want to spend time.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Gabriel is never wrong, and when he is, in one instance at the end of the book, he faces zero repercussions for it. Tout aussi bien que le premier tome <3 vraiment, c'est une série qui rentre dans mon top 3 de mes séries jeunesse préférées !The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Gabriel is hungry in more ways than one but he will learn some drastic information over the course of his first year at Crookhaven. While their role is explored in this book, I’m hoping to get to know some of the Gardeners in future books.Das Buch ist für jüngere Teenager geschrieben, also gibt es wieder einen Twist: die Gauner stehlen nur für gute Grunde. Gabriel discovers that someone has attempted to reach the end of this labyrinth before – his own mother and the friends are determined to get to the centre themselves. Penelope for her determination and the Okoro twins for their skills and bickering and Amira for her quiet yet determined abilities. Crookhaven is a school teaching criminal skills from lock picking to forgery and, when the head spots his talents, he's invited to join.

The first book in the 'criminally good' Crookhaven series, the secret school where students are taught to do wrong, so that one day, they can.The first book in the 'criminally good' Crookhaven series, the secret school where students are taught to do wrong, so that one day, they can put the world to rights. He left some notes for Gabriel as well, which send him to Crookhaven, school for wrongdoers, swindlers and thieves.