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    "title": "Thief's Cunning",
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    "description": "The companion novel to Assassin's Heart\u2014an action-packed fantasy that Printz Award winner Laura Ruby said \"will keep you turning the pages all night long\"\u2014Thief's Cunning picks up eighteen years later and follows Allegra Saldana as she uncovers the secrets about the line of killers she descends from.\n\nAllegra has always had to look over her shoulder. As the niece of the infamous assassin Lea Saldana, Allegra is used to hiding from people who want her dead. Once the strongest clipper family in the Kingdom of Lovero, the Saldanas\u2014or what's left of them\u2014are now the most hunted. Their number one enemy is the Da Vias, whose thirst for retaliation is almost two decades in the making.\n\nBut lately Allegra's getting fed up with everything being kept from her\u2014including her parents' identity. When she finally learns the truth about her family, though\u2014that she's a Da Via\u2014her world crumbles. Feeling betrayed by the people she trusted the most, Allegra turns to Nev, a Traveler boy whose presence makes her feel alive in ways she's only dreamed of. But getting caught up in Nev's world has consequences Allegra never saw coming.\n\nIn this dark and enthralling fantasy that fans of Sarah Maas and Leigh Bardugo will devour, one girl must decide if she's destined to pay for the wrongs of her family's past\u2014whether Saldana or Da Via\u2014or if the future is hers for the taking.",
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