{"product_id":"little-thieves-9781250853530","title":"Little Thieves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the Merciful Crow series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce upon a time, there was a horrible girl...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love--and she's on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja's otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back... by stealing Gisele's life for herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. Now, Vanja leads a lonely but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into jewels, stone by stone, for her greed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her curse and make her getaway. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele's sinister fiancé, and an overeager junior detective on Vanja's tail, she'll have to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Little Thieves\", Margaret Owen, author of The Merciful Crow series, crafts a delightfully irreverent retelling of \"The Goose Girl\" about stolen lives, thorny truths, and the wicked girls at the heart of both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250853530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e515035 \/ Little Thieves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 21\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret Owen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720822100149,"sku":"9781250853530","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2d892b7f-8324-4357-9762-1abfe5ed0153.jpg?v=1675179693","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/little-thieves-9781250853530","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}