MUSEUM OF THIEVES by Lian Tanner

A.R. Book Level: 4.6
A.R. Points: 9.0
Pages: 312

I feel like the deep voice on movie previews that says “In a world…”.  


In a world where children are chained to their parents and caretakers for their own safety, twelve-year-old Goldie escapes the adults and hides out at the town’s weird museum, which stores away all things magical or threatening to the people of the city.  The caretakers of the museum, including Goldie, make sure that these “threats” don’t get out, but the drama escalates when a crooked public official tries to use the dangerous things inside the museum for his own purposes.  This reminded me of Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven series and was a lot of fun to read.