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Little Thieves

by Margaret Owen

A stolen identity, a divine debt, and a narrowing escape

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection

    Selected for YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults.

  • Critical praise

    Praise from V.E. Schwab

    Praised for its prose and magic.

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A stolen identity, a divine debt, and a narrowing escape

Vanja Schmidt’s double life links palace intrigue with a debt owed to the supernatural: she has taken Princess Gisele’s place, while an enchanted string of pearls helps her pose as a noble and fund her escape. When a heist brings a curse that turns her to jewels stone by stone, the story’s central problem shifts from keeping her secret to finding a way out before time runs out. Low Gods, a half-god guardian, and Gisele’s fiancé add further complications. The fantasy premise combines questions of identity and obligation with theft, magic, and the consequences of greed.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in dark fantasy and supernatural bargains.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving stolen identities, palace intrigue, and jewel theft.
  • Readers drawn to fantasy plots built around a curse and a limited time to break it.

Themes

Identity and impersonationDebt and obligationGreed and its consequencesMagic and divine power

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Book overview

"Gorgeous prose, delicious magic." - V.E. Schwab

YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
Kids' Indie Next Pick
Amazon Best Book

A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the Merciful Crow series.

Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl...

Vanja 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.

The 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.

Vanja 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 fianc

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