So when her father is captured, Linnet must be brave and embark on a treacherous journey. Through alligator pools and sinking sands, she finds new friends. Yet without her singing magic, Linnet discovers something even more powerful. Something that could save her father, and heal the broken heart of her island once more… Anderson’s talent as a weaver of magic and creator of evocative landscapes is growing with every book.” The Daily Mail

Linnet is a 13 year old alkonost who, with her father, steals to survive. One of their thefts results in her father being taken away for trial and imprisonment and Linnet decides that it is time to act and to do something to reunite the peoples on the island. As with Sophie Anderson's other stories, this fantasy is a modern, relatable twist on a traditional Russian folktale - this time based on a poem called Nightingale the Robber about a mysterious man with bird-like features and a powerful, dangerous whistle. In The Thief Who Sang Storms, the magic is centred on a thirteen-year-old girl who attempts to bring together two opposing sides of her island while also trying to save her persecuted father. SOPHIE ANDERSON’s novels have sold over a quarter of a million copies in the UK, and have been translated into over twenty languages.Sophie Anderson turns to Slavic folklore again in her latest, wonderful middle grade novel, The Thief Who Sang Storms. White Lotus stars Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall kept romance private over fears they would 'disrupt the show' It was also very idealistic. The solution, the forgiveness, always seeing the good in others. I know this is middle grade and fantasy but a bit of realism would have been nice. Kids of this age, especially in this era, aren't stupid about repurcussions.

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Linnet, our main character, is a young alkonost girl, split from her human friends, grieving her mother, and trying to find her own magic, firmly believing in prophecies that suggest it might be the thing to bring unity to the island of Morovia once more. So far all 4 books for me are 5 star reads, one has an extra star as that one truly captured my heart forever. Doctor Who 60th Anniversary: Viewers left 'sobbing' after Wilf's fate is revealed after actor Bernard Cribbins died aged 93

I'm A Celebrity's Jamie Lynn Spears speaks out on her relationship with sister Britney, as she admits: 'Family's fight. Listen, we just do it better than most' The Thief Who Sang Storms follows 13-year-old Linnet, who lives on the island of Morovia. Until recently, humans and magical bird-like beings called alkonosts lived together in relative harmony. After a tragic storm kills both the human and alkonost queens, many humans, particularly those in positions of power, blame on the alkonosts' magic. This includes Captain Ilya, a human royal guard opts to persecute alkanosts by forbidding them to use their magic, banning them from public places, and relegating them to a swamp. Linnet, an alkonost, yearns for her previous life. In addition to the societal unrest, the catastrophic event not only took her mother's life but also left her father emotionally devastated.The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and the alkonosts – the bird-people – live on the other. But it wasn’t always this way…