Crookhaven: The School for Thieves

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It's Gabriel's second year at Crookhaven and with the mystery of The Nameless still to uncover and the discovery of Maravel’s Maze, it’s going to be another year to remember. Rather than spending some time behind bars, Gabe has been offered a place at a most “disreputable establishment”, Crookhaven, a boarding school for “wrongdoers, swindlers and thieves”. There were a few times I thought the book a little dull, and thus only 3 stars, but I like it enough to look out for when the 2nd book in the series comes out. There, Gabriel meets Penelope Crook, daughter of the headmaster and a bit of a know-it-all, Ade and Ede, twin white-hat hackers who bounce off each other like all siblings do, and Amira, a shy Italian-Muslim girl with a knack for agility.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. But the impossible has never stopped Gabriel's crew before, especially not when there's something at the heart of the maze that they all desperately want. J'étais plus que ravie de retrouver ce petit groupe si attachant, plein d'amour, de bienveillance et d'humour. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery and 'crim-nastics', all with the intention of doing good out in the world, by conning the bad and giving back to the innocent. One day Gabriel gets caught by a thief, but instead of steeling he invites Gabriel to Crookhaven, a remote school, teaching all about how to become a master of thievery by learning lock picking, forgery and "crimnastics" but they learn to steal from the rich and not the poor and to take things back to their rightful owners.Die Wahl der Zeitsprünge ist teilweise ein wenig seltsam, weil vermeintliche Höhepunkte wie ein Einbruch einfach übersprungen und dann retrospektiv kurz zusammengefasst werden.

Everything changes however, when he picks the pocket of a man at the station because it turns out the man has picked Gabriel’s pocket too of the strange, scorched 2p coin that was the only thing his parents left behind.We are a home for the forgotten, a sanctuary for the lost and … yes, a training ground for the greatest crooks of the future. This debut puts a lovely new spin on the classic school story, offering a strong sense of community and togetherness in the face of adversity. The messages don't always hit – the story starts by implying Gabriel has had a tough time as a Hispanic(?