City of Lies
Goldie Roth is a trained thief and a skilful liar. She's supposed to be one of the keepers of the mysterious Museum of Dunt, along with her friend Toadspit. But while she desperately wants to be a keeper, her parents are ill and she will not leave her sick parents to do so.
But when Toadspit's sister Bonnie is stolen, he and Goldie are forced to follow the child-stealers to the neighboring city of Spoke. Along the way, Toadspit is also captured, and Goldie is caught up in the Festival of Lies, where every word she says means something else and no one can be trusted. There, Goldie discovers some dangerous secrets - secrets that the child-stealers will kill to protect. She will need all her skills as a thief and a liar if she is to survive and save her friends...
Aurealis Award for Children's Fiction (2011)
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About the Keepers Trilogy Series
Books in series order
- 1.Museum of Thieves(2010)
- 2.City of Lies(2011)
- 3.Path of Beasts(2012)
Reading age: 11+ years
Welcome to the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime.
Goldie Roth has lived here all her life. Like every child in the city, she wears a silver guardchain and is forced to obey the dreaded Blessed Guardians. She has never done anything by herself and won't be allowed out on the streets unchained until Separation Day.
When Separation Day is cancelled, impatient Goldie runs away to the mysterious Museum of Dunt, where she meets a boy named Toadspit and discovers dangerous secrets. Only a thief can navigate these corridors - luckily Goldie has a hidden talent. But the leader of the Blessed Guardians has his own plans for the museum - plans that threaten the lives of everyone Goldie loves. And it will take a daring thief to stop him...
'Museum of Thieves' is a thrilling tale of destiny and danger, and of a courageous girl who has never been allowed to grow up - until now.