The Fire Thief: A Book Review
A Fiery Journey Through Time and Space
The Fire Thief begins with one of our main characters, Prometheus, chained to a boulder on the Caucaus Mountains. Anyone who knows the story of Prometheus knows why he is chained there. Prometheus pity-ed humans and so he stole fire from the gods and gave it to them. Zeus, furious with Prometheus sentenced him to an eternity chained to the mountain. The fury, avenger of the gods, in the form of a hawk would come every morning and eat his liver. Then Prometheus would come to life again every night only to meet the same fate in the morning.
This morning was different, Hercules and come and freed Prometheus from his chains. Before he could escape Zeus catches up with him and they make a wager. If Prometheus can find one true human hero then he will be forgiven. Prometheus flys forward into time, with the fury chasing him, to find a hero.
Soon he meets with out other main characters, Jim and Uncle Edward. Jim was an orphan boy who was adopted by uncle Edward. They are thieves who travel under the guises of actors. They grow close friendships as they struggle to escape unnoticed and Prometheus searches for a hero.
The Fire Thief ends on a positive note with Prometheus going off to another time to find a hero. Jim and uncle Edward mend their thieving ways with the help of a young girl cook.
The Fire Thief is a wonderful book for anyone at any age to read. It is interesting and, aside from the little bit of violence at the beginning, free of violent or explicit content. The Fire Thief teaches a good lesson on friendship and reform. This book is definitely recommended.
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- The words are big, making this and idea read for younger and older readers.
- This book is relitivly free of violence or graphic seances.
- This book ends with a good lesson.
4 Comments
Post a Commenti read the lightning theif and the others and i liked them...... is the fire theif kinda like that? the fire theif sounds a lot like Hugo Cabret to me. (that is also a really good book but it is like 600 pages long)
I'm still reading the book. I'm 13 yrs old... It is a slight bit confusing though. Yet i'm still enjoying it!
The book is excellent and presents many themes, good to use with English Lit. topics.
I'm not sure that large print makes a book suitable for "all ages"
What age is the content geared towards?