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Blue & gold. Figures on rooftop.

Snowy frosty 🥶 scape. Side profile of girl’s face in snow hood.

Blue & yellow cover. Girl abseiling down letters . Silhouettes of man & woman in black on left and right.

📚🔎Spy selection- Inspired by Lauren on #LateLate @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social
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Thank you, Stephen!!

39. Shadow Thieves by @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social
Terrific adventure story from the #BranfordBoase Award longlist - brilliant world-building, death-defying escapades, genuine emotion and written with such swagger and brio.
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@peterburnsauthor.bsky.social I really enjoyed reading #ShadowThieves It was exhilarating. I’ve reviewed it here.

Thank you, @gntread24.bsky.social!!

Wow, thank you @gntread24.bsky.social this is amazing! What a comprehensive post and what a wonderful review. I love ‘sizzling with double cross, sparking with imagination, endless invention and slippery sleight of hand’! 😊

@peterburnsauthor.bsky.social #bookhaiku

I love this, thank you!!

@carnegiemedals 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social 📚Plucky orphan Tom
enters a world of secrets
when he takes a chance

to escape hardship
by accepting an offer
that will change his life.

Thank you for including The School for Thieves!!

Six picture books on a table, from top, left to right: Beverly Bat at Your Service by Kelly Collier, Ghouldilocks and the Three Ghosts by Annie Sullivan with Paula J. Becker, We Go Slow by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie & Aaron Becker, The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo with John Picacio, Before I Lived Here by Stacy S. Jensen with Victo Ngai, and The Everything Trail by Meg Fleming with Chuck Groenink.

Six books on a table, from top left: Little People Big Dreams Ludwig van Beethoven by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara with Romina Galotta, Wanda Hears the Stars by Amy S. Hanson & Wanda Diaz Merced with Rocio Arreola Mendoza, Never Silent by Setsuko Thurlow & Kathy Lowinger with Michelle Theodore, Pea Bee & Fay #3, Future Vision by Dr. Cathy Rogers & Madeleine Rogers, and The Superhero's First Aid Manual by Dr. Punam Krishan.

Four books on a table, from top left: Legendary Frybread Drive-in edited by Cynthia Letich Smith, Stella by W. Bruce Cameron, Dream by Barbara O'Connor, and The School of Thieves by Peter Burns.

Still #newbooksday! (part 2)
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Happy reading!

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#MG Review: Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns Cover image by Vivienne To, published by Farshore, 5 June 2025, ISBN: 978-0008667818 I simply cannot sing the praises of Shadow Thieves highly enough! This middle grade debut by acclaimed sports wr…

Thank you so very much @farshorebooks.bsky.social @rorycodd.bsky.social for sending me a copy of #ShadowThieves by @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social It’s a thrilling new title for the #MG and early teen market.
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Here’s my review👇

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Blue & gold. Crackling lightning. Figures on rooftop.

My new obsession.Latest on goodnighttoread.wordpress.com book blog. Book review, acrostics, haikus & spotlight on #ShadowThieves Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social #bookbloggers #librarians #readingrecommendations

Bright red cover with green monster & pink pig

Orange & black cover with mythical figures

Dark Blue cover, boy in foreground holding crackling lightning. Captures drama & action.

Blue & gold cover. Man with lantern beside boy on rooftop looking across city. Crackling lightning.

Funny & action packed cool reads 😎From the seriously silly to adventures with Gods, Monsters & perilous missions with thieves & spies @mazevansauthor.bsky.social @rickriordan.bsky.social @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social #bookbloggers

Fantastic, hope you enjoy!

Shadow Thieves | Book Review | Libraries 4 Schools Shadow Thieves book review | Joining a thieves school isn't easy, but little does Tom know there's evil plans afoot in the Shadow League...

We found out after pressing publish on the review that it's part of a three-book deal and, although this one isn't even out yet, we absolutely cannot wait for the next instalment! Well done @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social!

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Banner quoting my review which reads: ‘A fabulous adventure, set in a brilliantly-drawn alternative world, and filled with excitement provided by a plot that races along until the breathtaking ending’ Jacqui Sydney Children’s Book Blogger

I may have only shared my review for the incredible #ShadowThieves by @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social this morning but I’m so chuffed with this banner, I’m sharing it again! 😀@farshorebooks.bsky.social

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Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns For all its many faults, and there really are a great many, Twitter/X is still probably the source of most of my information about upcoming titles. When a friend posted images of the launch dinner …

Without a shadow of a doubt, middle grade adventure #ShadowThieves by @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social will be on my best of 2025 list - I couldn’t put it down. Out 05/06, here’s my review to tell you all you need to know. @farshorebooks.bsky.social

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Box containing the book wrapped in brown paper, chained up and secured with a padlock.

Letter that accompanied the book together with a red overlay to decode a message hidden with a separate article and a Wispa chocolate bar.

The chain and opened padlock next to a navy blue box with the book’s title on it in gold lettering.

The proof of the book with its foiled gold title and text which reads: WANTED The clever, the cunning and the fearless (orphans preferred).

Thrilling middle grade book post today in the form of #ShadowThieves by @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social Described as Skandar meets Oliver Twist, the most enormous thanks go to Chris @farshorebooks.bsky.social for this glorious shiny proof that I am very excited to read. Out 05/06 🤩

Hope you enjoy it!!

Thrilled to represent @booktrust.org.uk at a delicious dinner with @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social and @farshorebooks.bsky.social last night at the atmospheric Wolseley City. Pete’s debut MG Shadow Thieves contains assassins, spies, politicos & thieves in an alternative 1930s. Which would you be?!

Hi Lauren,

I'd love to send you a proof of my middle-grade debut, Shadow Thieves, coming out in June. I don't seem to be able to DM you, but maybe you could DM me and we can arrange it all?

Many thanks!

Pete

Happy new year! Hugely excited for 2025 – after 10 years of work, it’s finally the year of the SHADOW THIEVES! Can’t wait to see this out in the world in June.

Thank you, as ever, to the wonderful team @farshorebooks.bsky.social

@jpstafford.bsky.social Nephew’s Christmas present sorted. 👍

Well Bluesky peeps, I’m afraid you’re the next community that is going to have to hear about me banging on about my new book, coming June 2025!