The Shadow Thieves

by Anne Ursu

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Series: Cronus Chronicles (1)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
914	28	20,694	(3.84)	14
After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil.

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

Sullivan3000, lisawalters5, kayepete4, KaitlynYoungCollins, C.Losinger, GiftLakeSchool, Sterling4589, kzte1234

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Member recommendations

10
The Siren Song by Anne Ursu (LucindaLibri)

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 14 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 28 (next | show all)

Teen fiction; action/adventure. Similar to Riordan's Lightning Thief series and Terry Deary's Fire Thief series, Ursu's Cronus Chronicles also deal with the Underworld, and the revenge of banished Titan Cronus/Kronus. Her books are written for a more sophisticated audience, however, and have a bit of a slower start (less action, more musings of a young girl), so I would only recommend these to more serious readers. (

)

reader1009 | Jul 3, 2021 |

RGG: Book one in the trilogy the Chronos Chronicles. Modern-day children travel to Hades to save the world.

rgruberexcel | Nov 13, 2019 |

RGG: Book one in the trilogy the Chronos Chronicles. Modern-day children travel to Hades to save the world.

rgruberexcel | Nov 13, 2019 |

RGG: Book one in the trilogy the Chronos Chronicles. Modern-day children travel to Hades to save the world.

rgruberexcel | Nov 13, 2019 |

RGG: Book one in the trilogy the Chronos Chronicles. Modern-day children travel to Hades to save the world.

rgruberexcel | Nov 13, 2019 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 28 (next | show all)

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Anne Ursu	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Fortune, Eric	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Cronus Chronicles (1)

Is abridged in

Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure by Margaret Peterson Haddix

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

The Shadow Thieves

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

2006-03-01

People/Characters

Charlotte Mielswetzki

Zee Madieras

Phil

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

Minnesota Book Awards Finalist (2007.08b | Children’s Literature, 2007)

New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Nominee (2009)

Epigraph

Dedication

For my husband who tells me stories.

First words

Pay attention.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

The Shadow Thieves is a story about a girl named Charlotte Mielswetzski and her cousin Zachary (Zee for short). Around the time Zee moves to America from England, things begin to happen. A kitten appears out of nowhere. Strange men in tuxedos are following Charlotte and Zee wherever they go. A mysterious plague is infecting all the children. Soon Charlotte and Zee discover that the stories in Greek mythology are real! Now they have to stop a plan to take over the underworld, that is all being orchestrated by a sinister villain... named Phil.

Haiku summary