Bethany returned with the other children, but her father never returned to her. She took all her young guests and her father into the book. On her fourth birthday, Bethany got a book as a present.
The one thing Bethany wants more than anything else is to find her father. Bethany says she has established her own rules, based solely on what she feels to be right. She tells Owen that she is always careful not to interact with the main characters or to change the story line of a book in any way. As such, she has the ability to jump into the pages of books. Finally, Bethany reveals that her father is a fictional character who came from a book, which makes her half-fictional. Owen feels his life is so boring that he cannot let it go. So, hoping to stop his questions, she bribes him by bringing him a gobstopper from the Willie Wonka novel. Bethany, however, does not want to let Owen any closer to her secret. Owen is an avid reader and thrilled by Bethany's ability. He is surprised in the children's section when he sees Bethany jump out of the pages of a book. He spends some time at the check-out desk and then straightens and shelves books. After school, Owen goes to the library where his mother works. Kindle AZW file.Īs The Story Thieves opens, Bethany Sanderson and Owen Conners are in a boring math class. Aladdin, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, New York, New York. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Riley, James.
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