Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in - and it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can't get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm . . . The next thing you know, you're in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You don't even recognise your hometown. And you're heading for a confrontation from your worst nightmare. What if you could change the past to save the future?
Is Thief! appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A middle-grade time travel adventure where a falsely accused girl is thrown into a dystopian future with curfews and armed conflict. Contains moderate peril including being shot at, but appropriate for pre-teens.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include violence and false accusation.
Who'll love this
Kids will love the time-travel mystery where changing the past might save a scary future.