Strange Times

Well, the recent hurricane and snow storm have thrown me off my game a little and it has been a long time since my last post.  That doesn't mean I haven't been reading some great books!  Museum of Thieves is the first installment of a new series, and those of you that enjoyed the book City of Ember are going to love this book.  I often get the question, "I loved the Harry Potter books, do you have anything like that?"  This book is going on my list of responses to that question, too.  Great characters, amazing suspense, and characters discovering that they are so much more then "normal."  Enjoy!
From Booklist
The children of Jewel are well protected. Each wears a silver guard chain that links them to their parents or the Blessed Guardians. Goldie Roth sometimes also wears the brass punishment chain for her willfulness in both action and attitude. On the day of her separation ceremony, when 12-year-olds are to be freed from their chains, things go terribly wrong. A bomb goes off, and it looks like the children won’t be separated after all. That doesn’t work for Goldie, who runs away, putting herself in danger and her parents in prison. She winds up at a mysterious museum, where she learns that she may have an important part in saving her city and the danger coming at it from many sides.