Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - HIGH

Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo
, 480 pages. Henry Holt and Co. BYR 2015. $12

Language: R (34 swears 1 'f'); Mature Content: PG-13; (implied sex); PG-13 bloody stab wounds, dead bodies impaled on pikes 

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

17yo Kaz leads a group of thieves in Ketterdam. He has built himself up from solitude, poverty and despair since he was nine years old and his brother died. Kaz wants revenge on the man who took everything from him and his brother by swindling them and he’s gaining power for this purpose. Kaz and his mismatched crew are attempting the biggest and craziest heist ever to gain more leverage and to get control of the person who has created a drug to make Grisha even more powerful. Kaz is good at keeping secrets and information quiet and it just might drive his crew apart. 

I love the intensity of the characters and the story itself. The background building of each character is fantastic. The danger and suspense make it a fun read! The ethnicities included are the following: Kaz is white, Inej is bronze skinned and Suli descent, dark skin Jesper, Nina from Ravka with green eyes and white, Matthias is also white. 

LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian

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