Enticed by the mysterious Mr. Solomon with a promise of mounds of money, a group of notorious young criminals are hired to steal a guarded treasure from the most powerful sorcerer in the city. Each kid possesses a talent required to collectively pull off the biggest con of their lives. There’s Callan the con artist, Meriel the acrobat/weapons expert, Gareth the researcher, Lachlan who can obtain anything, and Foxtail, whose eyeless mask never seems to limit her ability to climb walls like a spider. Despite living with a collective “don’t trust anyone” mantra, the chosen five must quickly learn to rely on each other in order to face unimaginable odds and magic to get the job done.
Children of the Fox
Written by Kevin Sands.
Published in 2021 by Puffin.
There are 5 young thieves with extremely unique talents, who are requested to team up and face the most dangerous and challenging heist of their lives. They need to steal the most precious, enchanted gemstone in the city of Carlow and if that isn’t enough, that amber stone belongs to one of the most powerful sorcerers on their planet. All lured by the power of the money they blindly accept; Callan, Meriel, Fox Tail, Lachlan, and Gareth learn how to trust each other and become close friends in the process of planning the robbery. As they cross heart-stopping traps and travel through spine-chilling places, they come back for each other trying their best to prevent one another from taking their last breath.
Children of the fox is a fiction book with mystery and suspense. The book has moments of fear, wisdom, laughter, stress, and joy yet all end in celebration. The plot twists bring in suspense and the details make it seem like a movie is playing in your mind. The book is perfect for anyone who loves adventures and enjoys being on the tip of their toes when they’re reading because the visuals in your mind will make you feel as if you’re actually watching the main character coming across a new challenge minute after minute. Children of the Fox is an amazing book with many plot twists and enhanced descriptions because of its rich vocabulary.
The book’s suspense makes it a simply awesome book for anyone to read. The writing convinces you to think like the main characters and feel their pain as well as their joy. The point of the book was clearly conveyed, showing that nothing can cut through true friendship. Even though the book had many unnecessary details that just made it longer, it was able to explain everything without leaving any questions in your mind. We highly recommend the book to all those who enjoy mystery, fantasy and a book that keeps your fingers on the corner of the page so you can continue to unravel the puzzling mysteries.
I thought this book was AMAZING. The reason is because of the adventure. It is very exciting, and you will be on the edge of your seat. you might not even be able to stop reading it! What it is about is five talented theives, and they all have different strengths, and weaknesses. They don’t get along very well, but , they have to steal this treasure in order to get what they want – lots of money. They have many troubles, and problems. This incredible book is all about fantsy. So, if you are a fantasy lover this book is all you. You should definatley read this terrific book.
I loved this book. It ALWAYS kept me on my toes. It was full of adventure and it was definitely my type of book. I read the first one and now I want to read all of the books. The details were amazing and it really helped me to imagine it. It was awesome! It was full of adventure!
This book was really well written and I liked it because it has multiple main characters and it has lots of cliffhangers. At the start it is a bit slow with development because the character is just at one setting at home. I recommend this book to people who like action,fantasy and mystery.
it was very good with lots of action. highly recommend it
The book was a real page turner with lots of twists and turns throughout the way. I like the book because it has thievery and That heist feeling.I liked the part when they had the big heist at the end. I would give it a 5 out a5 because it was really exiting!
That book is good but hard to follow