His everyday life is so boring until he sees Bethany climb out of a book in the library where his mother works. But that's the problem-life is so boring when you live in the real world and not star as the hero in your very own book series (boring except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic quest series. Owen is just a normal kid who lives in the normal world. And if you like this book, then you will like KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES. And there is some surgery, which might make some readers feel uncomfortable.

And there is a lot of lying, and Owen hides the truth from Bethany and carries out a plan, even when Bethany tells him how DANGEROUS it can be! He should have listened to her, even though she is a hot-head. It's so good! WARNING: the characters are not very good role models, such as Bethany doing things behind her mom's back, and being mean to Owen and not doing the right thing, just because Owen would do it (she finds Owen very stupid and annoying). …Or it might just destroy the Kiel Gnomenfoot series, reveal Bethany’s secret to the entire world, and force Owen to live out Kiel Gnomenfoot’s final ( very final) adventure. Besides, visiting the book might help Bethany find her father… It turns out Bethany’s half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.īethany can’t let anyone else learn her secret, so Owen makes her a deal: All she has to do is take him into a book in Owen’s favorite Kiel Gnomenfoot series, and he’ll never say a word. Owen knows that better than anyone, what with the real world’s homework and chores.īut everything changes the day Owen sees the impossible happen-his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the library. Life is boring when you live in the real world, instead of starring in your own book series. A hilarious, action-packed New York Times bestselling series launches with a story-within-a-story, from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.

Story thieves book 1