Six of Crows

A thief leads an unlikely group of criminals on an impossible heist in this fantasy adventure.

Six of Crows

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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price — and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone….

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction — if they don’t kill each other first.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo returns to the breathtaking world of the Grishaverse in this unforgettable tale about the opportunity — and the adventure — of a lifetime.

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Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Macmillan (Henry Holt)
Publication year: 2015
ISBN: 9781627792127
Age category: young adult
Disabilities portrayed: addiction, chronic pain, limp, mental illness, PTSD
Genre: fantasy

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Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (coming soon to Netflix) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars—with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019) which is being developed for television by Amazon Studios. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles.

Kaz was always Kaz. He appeared in black gloves, leaning on that cane, and I basically followed him into the story. This is going to sound ridiculous, but until I was deep into the draft, I didn’t give much though to the fact that his disability mirrored my own. And now I kind of wonder if writing him was my way of making peace with the pain I was in and the increasing fear I was experiencing around a degenerative condition. I think I wanted to write someone disabled and ferocious, because that’s how I wanted to feel.

(Disability in Kidlit, March 2016)

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