Storm Thief

by Chris Wooding | Teens |
ISBN: 0439865131 Global Overview for this book
Registered by angstly of Toronto, Ontario Canada on 8/10/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by angstly from Toronto, Ontario Canada on Friday, August 10, 2007
From School Library Journal
Grade 6 Up–This imaginative and descriptive work of fantasy and fear opens with a seabird crashing into a window, dying, and being picked up by a golem named Vago. Rail and Moa are ghetto teens. Rail has taken the girl under his wing and taught her to be a thief, although stealing pains her sense of morality. They live in a land ruled by a totalitarian government led by the Protectorate's Patrician. The Protectorate is meant to protect the citizens of Orokos from Revenants, ghosts that take over people's bodies and kill everything they can. Lysander Bane has a ruthlessly unquestioning dedication to order and law. But order is elusive in Orokos, where at any time a probability storm can occur. Children can turn to stone, people turn into cats, left-handers become right-handed. Rail can no longer breathe by himself but needs a respirator. The plot is complicated and there are many characters and types of creatures to keep track of, but Wooding does a masterful job of tying everything together. Ultimately, the golem interacts with Rail and Moa, who unlock the secrets of the probability storms and the Protectorate. All ends on a hopeful if uncertain note. Characterization is deft, and teens will relate to both Moa and Rail. The concept of the probability storms is fascinating and lends a constant sense of danger and menace. The golem is unlike any in literature; the description of what happens to him in the end is heartbreaking yet encouraging.
–B. Allison Gray, John Jermain Library, Sag Harbor, NY
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Journal Entry 2 by wingLeishaCamdenwing from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Monday, September 10, 2007
This was in my mailbox when I got home today - a really intriguing-looking book. I'm not at all familiar with this author, but the book sounds fascinating. Thank you so much for sending it, angstly! When I've read it (will try to read it soon) I will pass it on to another BCer, zaphyrion; he's a relative of mine who I hope will read & enjoy it too. :-)

Journal Entry 3 by wingLeishaCamdenwing from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Tuesday, January 20, 2009
OK, 'soon' was maybe overstating it ... ;-)

But I have actually read this book! Believe it or not. In fact, I read it a while ago - in November, actually. I am just the slowest journaller EVAH. Better late than never, I hope. :-)

This was a really good read, one of the better YA books I have read. A good plot, very good characters, and a believable setting. Not a very light-hearted story, to say the least ... quite the opposite, it's rather a scary and depressing story. :-) But Wooding has done a great job of creating a setting where all this darkness and danger seem totally credible. I enjoyed the book a lot, the story really pulled me along and the dilemmas the characters faced were well crafted and solid. Overall, as YA fiction, impressive, IMO.

My lithmus test when I read an author for the first time is always this question: Would I read more books by this author if I got the chance? In Wooding's case the answer is definitely yes. :-) So thanks for sharing, angstly, this was a really good reading experience! I will see if zaphyrion wants the book now; if not, I'll think of something else to do with it. :-)

Journal Entry 4 by wingLeishaCamdenwing at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Released 15 yrs ago (3/4/2009 UTC) at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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I hope to be able to give this book to zaphyrion this summer; in the meantime, it's taking a little holiday at Jannike's house. :-) I brought it to the BookCrossing meetup here in Oslo this afternoon and she thought it sounded interesting.

Happy reading, Jannike! I'll be interested to hear what you think of this book. :-)

Journal Entry 5 by Jannike from -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway on Thursday, March 12, 2009
I got this book at our last meetup in Oslo, and it really looks like a book I will enjoy. I plan to finish it in time to bring it with me to our next meetup in Oslo, in april. It will be going back to LeishaCamden before summer - maybe somebody else wants to read it in the meantime?

Journal Entry 6 by Jannike from -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway on Friday, April 10, 2009
I liked the book, a good story and interesting characters, but I agree with LeishaCamden that it is quite a depressing story. Still - it is well worth reading! I will return it to LeishaCamden at our meetup in Oslo today.

Journal Entry 7 by wingLeishaCamdenwing from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Sunday, May 3, 2009
Jannike unfortunately missed the April meetup, but she made to the May one, this afternoon. :-) The book's back with me and will hopefully be passed to zaphyrion this summer. :-)

Released 4 yrs ago (6/13/2019 UTC) at Oslo Visitor Centre, Østbanehallen in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway

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I have had this book for WAY too long now. Time for it to travel. It will hopefully be able to find a new reader on the bookshelf in the tourist information center here in Oslo :-)

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