Young Llama Thoughts
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Adventurous
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Christian Friendly
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Easy Reading
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Humerous
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Youth Appropriate
Overall
Review
I love a good heist book, so when I saw this novel about a school to train thieves, I picked it up and read it immediately!
This book is about Tom Morgan, a London orphan trying to survive and stay out of the workhouses. But when all his friends get caught and shipped off to the prisons, Tom doesn’t have any idea how to save them. Until a man offers him a position at a school for thieves. Now Tom is struggling to stay ahead of his classmates at the cut-throat institute while also figuring out how to free his friends. But something is happening in the shadows, something deadly, and Tom isn’t certain if he really should be putting trust in a bunch of thieves…
I LOVED this novel! The action was amazing, the adventure totally awesome! Every chapter was interesting and I’m dying for book 2!!!!!!!!!! This is a book that boys 10 and up would LOVE. It’s also very clean, with no cursing or woke content which made me very happy!
Now there is violence in the book. (Thieves tend to be violent fokes) There is mention of blood, injures, poison, guns, knifes and such. Mention of people in the old days getting hung from walls until they were skeletons. Some people do die in the book. From sickness, poison and injuries. Honestly it’s all pretty clean. Only mentioned, not described.
Overall, this is a book I love and one I totally suggest! If you are looking for a fun, thieving adventure, set in historic London, this is the novel your looking for!!!!! Happy Readings! -The Young Llama Reader.
Pros
- An amazing book!!!
- Perfect for boys 10 and up!
- Such a fun read!!!!
Cons
- Mention of violence and dark topics…
Tom Morgan’s life on the streets of London consists of shining shoes, picking pockets, and keeping his group of street kids out of the hands of snatchers. When he fails at the last and their home is raided, Tom is the only one not carted off to the workhouse. He’s determined to rescue his friends, but breaking into the workhouse is a nearly impossible task, let alone breaking back out.
Tom is at a loss until he’s approached by a mysterious figure claiming to be an accomplished thief and Tom’s ticket to the best training in the clandestine arts in the world: an elite international boarding school that would teach him all the skills necessary to help his friends. Without any better ideas—and his curiosity piqued—Tom accepts the invitation.
Whisked away to the snowy Alps, Tom enters a thrilling world of intrigue and heists. But the deeper he gets into the Shadow League, the harder it becomes to leave. Tom has to learn fast and uncover the nefarious secrets within the league to have any chance of saving himself, his friends—and maybe even the world.
