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ISBN:	141690588X (ISBN13: 9781416905882)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Cronus Chronicles #1
Characters:	Charlotte Mielswetzski, Zee Miller

The Shadow Thieves (The Cronus Chronicles #1) Paperback | Pages: 424 pages

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Title	:	The Shadow Thieves (The Cronus Chronicles #1)
Author	:	Anne Ursu
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 424 pages
Published	:	April 24th 2007 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (first published March 1st 2006)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Mythology. Young Adult. Childrens. Middle Grade

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See that girl, the one with the bright red hair, overstuffed backpack, and aura of grumpiness? That's Charlotte Mielswetzski. And something extra-ordinary is about to happen to her.

Oh, it's not the very cute kitten that appears out of nowhere and demands to go home with her. It's not the sudden arrival of her cousin Zee, who believes he's the cause of a mysterious sickness that has struck his friends back in England. It's not her creepy English teacher Mr. Metos, who takes his mythology lessons just a little too seriously. And it's not the white-faced, yellow-eyed men in tuxedoes, who follow Charlotte everywhere.

What's so extraordinary is not any one of these things....It's all of them. And when Charlotte's friends start to get sick one by one, Charlotte and Zee set out to find a cure. Their quest leads them to a not-so-mythical Underworld, where they face rhyme-loving Harpies, gods with personnel problems, and ghosts with a thirst for blood.

Charlotte and Zee learn that in a world overrun by Nightmares, Pain, and Death, the really dangerous character is a guy named Phil. And then they discover that the fate of every person -- living and dead -- is in their young hands.

In her dazzling debut for young readers, Anne Ursu weaves a tale of myth and adventure, danger and magic that will keep readers engrossed until the very last secret is revealed.

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I tend to be a fairly easy critic when it comes to my leisure and fantasy reads but this book, and series, just took entirely way TOO MUCH energy and focus to get through. Thats exactly what it was for me something to "get through", something to "bare until the end", in which the end always seemed so far away. I was looking for something to read during the summer last year in anticipation for the next installment in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan and stumbled upon this book with a

Ursu, A. (2006). The Shadow Thieves. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.420 pages.Not to be confused with one of the books in the Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson that has the same name, The Shadow Thieves is the first book in the Cronus Chronicles which features Greek gods and creatures. (Although, with all the shadows being separated from their children, it is difficult to not think PETER PAN! YAY!)Appetizer: Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Mielswetzski (Meals. Wet.

This book was fun, witty, and amusing. Charlotte and Zee go off on adventures that are so bizarre and different from the normal fantasy, because rather than futuristic, they're going into the past--far past! Some of Ursu's little bits and plots are pure genius and almost inside jokes (even if you don't know her!). Once you get used to the casual style, it's very easy to get sucked into the book, not returning until you reach the last page!

Can't rate objectively. There's just something about her writing style, her voice, that enraptures me. I'll try to read anything by her. For example, I normally don't like adventure fantasy, nor do I have any interest in the Greek myths, and I'm not particularly fond of epic series. But after devouring this I'm excited to read the next two.Now, others may think her prose almost purple, others may find her adventures to have too many extra descriptions or too much character development, whatever,

My friend, was the one who 'forced' me to read it, i mean, the cover wasn't really atractive, and boy, neither is the story.first of, the characters where plainsecond, the plot was to straight forward, there where no twists and no surprising turns.thats all im gonna say, cus well there's nothing more to say

It took me quite awhile to get interested in this one; the wittiness got in the way a bit for me, especially in the beginning. It seemed like everything was described not in just ONE witty way, but in SEVERAL witty ways, and it ended up just feeling too tedious and like...well, just too much. However, once Zee finally made it into the picture things got a little more compelling. Comparisons to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series are probably inevitable, as they both deal with modern day Greek

I have no idea why I expected this to be bland and uninteresting, and I apologize to the author for my supposition. Because it was engrossing, exciting, and funny. I enjoyed the characters a lot (particularly the surly Charlotte), and while there were a few little details that I called early on (the cat, for one), it wasnt the predictable book Id expected it to be. Im curious about and eager for the sequel (due out in July, according to Amazon).