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March McQuin

March McQuin was a very observant 13 year old. Through out the whole story, he made the whole gang successful because he knew the tricks of his old man. March didn't give away his exact look, but he looked like Alfie, tall, handsome, and had gray eyes, just like his sister. March was also very desperate to make sure his family was still with him, although in reality they weren't. His father and mother died, and he doesn't have anything coming his way. Except Alfie said to him, "You've never let me down, March, " so March followed up with, "Don't let him down then. Keep moving." This proved how much March loves his dad so much . And with Jules, that's the only way March could remember his dad. He observed Jules on the plane and while in the Dominick Penthouse, and they noticed how similar they were physically and mentally, which makes them brother and sister, which makes March happy.

Julia McQuin

Julia was somewhat tall, also was 13, very skinny, had grey eyes, and looked alike like Alfie. Jules was an acrobat and performed alongside her aunt. Jules also cared for family, or for Blue at least, since she kept her. Jules was jealous she didn't spend much time with Alfie like March. When she and March first met on the plane, Julia went on and on about how Alfie barely saw her. From the words of Jules, "What kind of reason do you need to have to give away your own kid? I noticed he kept you," she was talking to March at the time and she seemed like she was jealous, but hurt since she was talking about how Alfie gave her away. But, later on she was actually a thief too, embracing the fact she was the daughter of a master thief, and she was still family since Alfie still got her stuff like a home and a brother who cares for her at the same time.

Loot

Loot takes place in different areas of the world. Alfie Mcquin found the 7 magical moonstones that showed one's fate. March McQuin was a son of master thief, Alfie McQuin. Alfie fell off a roof and died during a heist in Amsterdam and left March with some peculiar items: A deck of marked cards, a book, and a key chain. After March was sent away, Alfie said in his last words, " Find jewels and follow the falls to day," but that was what March heard. Alfie actually said, " Find Jules," March's twin sister. And also said, " Follow the falls to Dano." Which at the end, March and Jules find Joey Dano who kept a possession of Alfie for his children. So he and his sister went to Polestar, an orphanage for bad children but they escaped, or at least Jules did. March escaped eventually, and he took along also 2 throw away kids Darius Fray and Izzy, who were willing to keep rolling with March. March noticed something odd with the items Alfie left, luckily Izzy could decode it. The list was a name of heists, and the marked cards revealed names of the victim with the help of the book. From there, it was only March, Darius, and Izzy, and Jules was with Oscar Ford, Alfie's old partner... But Oscar betrayed Jules, so from there, the kids were known as the "throwaway gang," they took all 6, but one moonstone. The kids asked for help, but March and Jules find out their fate, jumping off a cliff holding hands, they had dreams and many coincidences that were very close to their fate. Blue was Jules and March's aunt, she worked with Oscar, so they ran away with the moonstones. March found out the way to break the curse, reverse the moonstones and set them free. So they went to Dano's and Joey gave them one of Alfie's heist bags, it had a bar of soap that opened them to an easy life, the Makepeace Diamond, even more precious than the moonstones, and a sweet life from there for the Throwaway Gang.

"Stole the Show" and LOOT

Theme

The song "Stole the Show" by Kygo and Parson James connects to LOOT because although this song is about running away with someone you love, some things the song actually says are that some things aren't always good in the end, but they light up later, like how Alfie dies, but March finds his twin sister and has friends to share fortune with. And in the song, some lyrics include, " Turn the lights back on now; Crying, crying; and you know we're playing to a full house..." I think when turning on the lights, it's like Alfie is talking to March and Jules saying everything is okay, along with "Crying, crying," which can represent March grieving for Alfie. And "Playing to a full house," can represent a big thing like stealing the moonstones for 7 million dollars. And one more line is, " No heroes, villains one to blame, as wilted roses fill the stage, and the thrill is all gone," I think this shows how the kids along with Grimstone, Oscar, and Blue get away with everything and life is good, but the kids profit, but the adults' money is all gone...

I think the major theme of " Loot" is that money can buy happiness, but it can't buy family. I think this is the theme because Alfie and Maggie were the parents of 2 children who were in danger when they were young. And if they weren't jewel thieves they would've lived a happy life together instead of 2 dead parents. Basically they risked their lives running from police and getting the cash. And about the happiness part, March and Jules got away with the money and March and Alfie said, " Living sure is easy when you have 20 million in the bank."

I recommend This book to everyone

All I can say about this book is that it is filled with many twists, turns, and hidden messages later revealed. I like this book because it made me not want to stop reading because betrayal, denial, and surprises are what I want in a book. I think other language art teachers should have students read this book because it's just a great, interesting book and it really keeps you stayed in the book once you start reading. Plus, if I were a language arts teacher I would give the students a challenge to find out the plot and what happened in the story just by reading the first 15 chapters because in the end, you'll see all those pieces add up. A big thumbs up! A good read.

LOOT by: Jude Watson

Kyle Revale

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