The Grave Thief

<b>A twelve-year-old grave thief gets caught up in a royal heist in this compelling middle-grade fantasy in the vein of Kelley Armstrong's <i>A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying</i>.</b><br><br>Twelve-year-old Spade is a grave thief. With his father and brother he digs up the recently deceased to steal jewels the main form of trade in Wyndhail.<br><br>Digging graves works for Spade -- alone in the graveyard at night no one notices his limp or calls him names. He's headed for a lifetime of theft when his father comes up with the audacious plan to rob a grave in the Wyndhail castle cemetery. Spade and his brother get caught in a royal trap and Spade must find the master of the Woegan: a deadly creature that is stalking the castle by night. <br><br>Along the way he meets Ember the queen's niece and together they race to solve the mystery of the legendary Deepstones and their connection to the Woegan the queen a missing king and the mysterious pebble Spade finds in the Wyndhail cemetery.<br><br>This is a fantastic story of friendship bravery grief and acceptance.