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Title: The Star Thief
Author: Lindsey Becker
Narrator: Amy Landon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-11-17
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
The constellations come to life in this imaginative fantasy adventure debut.
Honorine's life as a maid at the Vidalia mansion is rather dull, dusting treasures from faraway places and daydreaming in front of maps of the world. But everything changes when she catches two brutish sailors ransacking Lord Vidalia's study and then follows a mysterious girl with wings out into the night....
Suddenly Honorine is whisked into the middle of a battle between the crew of a spectacular steamship and a band of mythical constellations. The stars in the sky have come to life to defend themselves against those who want to harness their powers. Much to her surprise, Honorine is the crux of it all, the center of an epic clash between magic and science, the old ways and the new. But can this spirited young girl bring both sides of a larger-than-life fight together before they unleash an evil power even older than the stars?
Critic Reviews:
"[An] adventure of the galactic variety.... A fun, Rick Riordanesque escapade." (Booklist)
"Readers will find it easy to connect emotionally with Honorine as she tries to navigate a world with no clear answers, while fantasy lovers will appreciate the mythological underpinnings of this imaginative new world. A fine addition to large fantasy collections." (School Library Journal)
"The pace is fast, the characters believable, and the setting original.... Readers enjoying a mix of fantasy, adventure, and a clever heroine will fall for this one." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
A dazzling adventure
Fantastic, with twists and turns and plenty of adventure. A loveable main character and a quest through space and across the earth.
Loved it!
Loved it!! We bought it for our granddaughter so I read it too! It should be in all school libraries!!
Five Stars
So good! My tween loved it....I loved it...highly recommend.
Cute tween adventure
When I saw the cover for this book on NetGalley, I thought it was cute. I mean, two kids sitting on the back of Pegasus in star constellation form? Adorable!! When I read the synopsis, I went âHmmâ, would this be a book that my 9 and 11-year-old like?â. So, I requested this book and I was thrilled when I got selected to review it.
What I liked that there was a bit of steampunk in the book. If you have followed this blog, you all know how much of a fan I am of steampunk. So I was thrilled when I saw that there were airships and other steampunk elements in the book. The bees were probably the coolest part of the book. They were all mechanical and acted like real bees. Except they didnât make honey, they tracked down the Mordantâs and reported where they were to Captain Nautilus.
I loved the use of the constellations in The Star Thief. What a great way to get kids to look to the stars and track the constellations. I even got into it, googling the names of the various characters and seeing what constellations they were attached too. There were a lot that I wasnât aware of (not that I know a lot about constellations). Like I said, it was truly fascinating.
Honorine was a very spirited girl. She had been raised in the Vidalia (yes, like the onionâlol) household with her best friend, Francis, and worked there as a maid. She loved inventing and dedicated her free time to doing so. She was also very spunky and knew her own mind. So when the Mapmaker showed up to âsaveâ her, she questioned him.
