​SYDNEY'S BOOK BLOG

         Ooofff! Alfie Mcquin, a jewel thief, just fell of the roof of a house on a dark and cloudy night in Amsterdam. While he was falling he threw something to his 12 year old son March Mcquin, it was a moonstone, but when March caught the stone what he didn't know is that there are 6 more moonstones all around the United States and that he will need to find them all reverse a horrible curse. As March held Alfie in his arms as Alfie got his final breath out which was, “find jewels”. What March doesn't know is that Alfie actually meant, "find Jules'' March's twin sister he never new about! March started to run home but he couldn't stay there long, the police were after him and, ''home'' is the first place they would look. It wasn't long before a cop caught March and before he new it, he was at the airport with the police officer who was escorting him to a, "group home", but March wasn't the only 12 year old kid with a cop by their side, there was a girl who looked just like him it was his sister! They sat next to each other on the plane March was sitting there in shock while Jules Mcquin was slouching with her ear phones in and her eyes close but March could see on her face that she was as shocked as he was. They were both surprised but they needed to get down to business. March gathered clues Alfie left him the night he passed, and he needed Jules to help him figure it out. Then they landed, and they had to go to their dad's funeral. It was a nice ceremony, but throughout the whole time there was a weird lady eyeing March and Jules named Carlotta Grimstone. After the funeral, she came over to them and she accused March and Jules of stealing her jewels and moonstones, and she wanted them back.  She told them of the moonstone's curse, which would soon kill them. March and Jules figured she was crazy, and pretended not to know what she was talking about. The next thing they did was go to the group home. When they got there it was miserable, but while they were there they met two kids. Jules met a nice 13 year old girl named Izzy, and March met a 13 year old boy named Darius. They all got a long well and they started planning their first heist stealing the famous necklace the Widow's Knot, but the next morning Jules was gone? She popped up on the news with Oskar Ford, Alfie's old partner. March had to get to the Widow's Knot before she did. March, Darius, and Izzy broke out of the group home the next morning. March was the man with the plan, Darius was a very strong partner, and Izzy was an intelligent hacker, Together they were positive that they could get the necklace. The night of the heist March and Jules both went for the moonstones. Oskar was there too, and he ended up out with the moonstones. When they were running away, a limo pulled up it was Carlotta Grimstone. She said ''get in'' and then offered 7 million dollars if they could get all of the moonstones for her before the blue moon. They agreed. Later Jules explained that she was kidnapped by Oskar and she had to do it. Then it hit March, he new what the next heist was breaking in to Oskar's house and get the 3 moonstones he has. They made it! They got the moonstones and were on to the next heist, only one problem they were in New York, it was in San Francisco they couldn't go to a regular airport people would get suspicious, so they called up Carlotta Grimstone and she helped them get there with her private jet.  They landed and found their target: a dog. The moonstone was on the dog collar. They devised a plan and expertly carried it off.  2 more moonstones to go.  The next heist was stealing a stone from Mike Shannon, a former cop. They broke in and so far everything was going to plan when March entered a room to find Mike Shannon holding the moonstone. March's heart sunk. He knew he couldn't get it now, but all of a sudden Jules came in, flipped across the room and kicked the stone out of Shannon's hands.  March grabbed it, and they barely escaped out the window.  Shannon called the cops, and they ran to the subway tunnels to avoid them.  March shifted the moonstones to his backpack, and Jules offered to carry it for him.  As soon as they popped up from the tunnels, Jules was gone. They saw a circus sign. March knew Jules was a circus performer before he met her, so chances were good, she headed that way. Jules's old circus group was preforming, and she blended in with them. Jules swung down and grabbed the main performer's hat. March now realized that, on that hat was the last moonstone and Jules had it they could finally reverse the curse! '' Before the passage of 13 years, the two birthed together shall die together.'' Then when the show ended Blue, the main performer was talking to Jules. She tricked Jules into giving her the stones, but she was working with Ford. They also had a deal with Carlotta Grimstone.  Everyone raced to the meeting spot.  During the hand-off, March and Jules grabbed the stones, but Blue and Oskar got Carlotta's money.  March and Jules ran, but they were fighting against the curse.  Up high on a cliff, Jules slipped.  March caught her, but Jules was dangling, holding on for dear life. What happened next?  You'll have to read the book to find out.