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Goldie Roth is a trained thief and a skilled liar. Along with her friend Toadspit, shes supposed to be one of the Keepers of the mysterious Museum of Dunt. But although she desperately wants to be a Keeper, she will not leave her sick parents to do so.But when Toadspits sister Bonnie is stolen, he and Goldie are forced to follow the child-stealers to the neighboring city of Spoke. Along the way, Toadspit too is captured, and Goldie is caught up in the Festival of Lies, where every word she says means something else and no one can be trusted. There, Goldie discovers some dangerous secretssecrets that the child-stealers will kill to protect. She will need all her skills as a thief and a liar if she is to survive and save her friends.,
About the Author
Lian Tanner is a children's author and playwright. She has worked as a teacher in Australia and Papua New Guinea, as well as a professional actor and a freelance journalist. 'Museum of Thieves', the first book in the middle-grade Keepers trilogy, won the 2010 Aurealis Award for Children's Fiction and is published in Australia, the USA and India. 'City of Lies', the second book in the trilogy, won the 2011 Aurealis Award for Children's Fiction. The books have been translated into German, Turkish, Chinese characters, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Brazilian Portuguese and Bulgarian. Lian lives by the beach in southern Tasmania with a small tabby cat.
