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Violence
Some
Adventure violence in a quest setting; some deaths; age-appropriate for YA
Language
Barely any
Clean language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of being underestimated and the power of revealing what you've been hiding
What this book is about
Gen, a thief rotting in the king's prison, is enlisted by the king's magus for a quest to steal a legendary object from the country of Attolia. Megan Whalen Turner's beloved debut is a masterclass in an unreliable narrator, with an ending that recontextualizes everything that came before.
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