The Nightmare Thief

By Nicole Lesperance, Federica Fenna (Illustrator)

Part of the The Nightmare Thief series

A girl breaks dream shop rules to save her sister, facing blackmail and dark schemes.

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288 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Maren Partridge, a young dream crafter, defies her family's rules to help her comatose sister, Hallie, by slipping her a dream. But when a mysterious customer discovers her secret, Maren is blackmailed into creating nightmares for a sinister purpose. As the stakes rise, Maren must choose between protecting her family and saving her town from the dark magic she unleashed. Will she find a way to outsmart her manipulator, or will her actions doom everyone she loves? Dive into this suspenseful tale of magic, sisterhood, and tough choices.

From the publisher

For fans of A Snicker of Magic and The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl comes a suspenseful dark fantasy duology, perfect for middle school readers that love stories of magic and sisterhood with a dash of danger.Maren Partridge loves working in her family’s dream shop where she can hand-craft any dream imaginable. The shop has only one rule. Dreams cannot be given to a person without their consent. Maren has no problem with this–until her sister, Hallie, has an accident that leaves her in a coma. Maren’s certain she can cure Hallie with a few well-chosen dreams. And when no one is watching, she slips her a flying dream.But a strange new customer from the shop has been following Maren and knows what she did. Now she’s laid the perfect trap to blackmail Maren into creating custom nightmares for a dark and terrible purpose. As Maren gets drawn further into the sinister scheme, she must make a choice: to protect her family or to protect the town from her family’s magic.Pick up the first book in the Nightmare Thief duology if you are looking for: Suspenseful stories of magical realism for kids with a side of dangerGifts for 11 year old girls, 13 year old girls, and any young reader 11-14 that loves fantasyBooks that explore bullying, family ties, and feature strong female charactersBooks for 4th graders, and any classroom with grades 3-8

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