num_pages: 528
description: I did not choose this fate. But I will not walk away from it.Children have been disappearing from across Menaiya for longer than Amraeya ni Ansarim can remember. When her friends sister is snatched Rae knows she cant look away any longer - even if that means seeking answers from the royal court where her country upbringing and clubfoot will only invite ridicule. Yet the court holds its share of surprises. There she discovers an ally in the foreign princess who recruits her as an attendant. Armed with the princesss support Rae seeks answers in the dark city streets finding unexpected help in a rough-around-the-edges street thief with secrets of his own. But treachery runs deep and the more Rae uncovers the more she endangers the kingdom itself.
language: English
title: The Theft of Sunlight
publisher: HarperTeen