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** [[spoiler: Erhmgard]] winds up imprisoned for life, losing her title and fortune.
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* RagsToRiches: The first book begins after Vanja has successfully stolen Princess Gisele's identity. [[spoiler: Even after returning her identity at the start of the book and giving away a fortune in charity, Vanja is still quite well off at the end of the book. Shedding the armloads of jewels that had been growing on her body gave her more than enough money to accomplish her goals.]]
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* RagsToRiches: The first book begins after Vanja has successfully stolen Princess Gisele's identity. [[spoiler: Even after returning her identity at the start of the book and giving away a fortune in charity, Vanja is still quite well off at the end of the book. Shedding the armloads of jewels that had been growing on her body gave her more than enough money to accomplish her goals.]]
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* AlphaBitch: Erhmgard, a vicious bully. Gisele was this to a lesser extent, but she wasn't nearly as cruel and only joined in on less serious acts of bullying when pressured to.
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* AlphaBitch: Erhmgard, a vicious bully. bully who takes advantage of her status to frame Vanja for stealing. Book two also reveals that [[spoiler: she went as far as pulling the scabs off of Vanja's back, calling her ugly, and tainting the freshly opened wounds with a substance that would make them even harder to heal and scar worse because she was treating them with a salve.]] Gisele was this to a lesser extent, but she wasn't nearly as cruel and only joined in on less serious acts of bullying when pressured to.
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''Little Thieves'' is a Young Adult Fantasy book series by Margaret Owen. The first book, ''Little Thieves'' was published in 2021. Book two, ''Painted Devils'' came out in 2023. Tropes pertaining to it can be found [[here. Literature/PaintedDevils]]
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''Little Thieves'' is a Young Adult Fantasy book series by Margaret Owen. The first book, ''Little Thieves'' was published in 2021. Book two, ''Painted Devils'' came out in 2023. Tropes pertaining to it can be found [[here. Literature/PaintedDevils]]
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''Little Thieves'' is a Young Adult Fantasy book series by Margaret Owen. The first book, ''Little Thieves'' was published in 2021.
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''Little Thieves'' is a Young Adult Fantasy book series by Margaret Owen. The first book, ''Little Thieves'' was published in 2021. \n Book two, ''Painted Devils'' came out in 2023. Tropes pertaining to it can be found [[here. Literature/PaintedDevils]]
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* FairytaleMotifs: The books evoke this without directly retelling any famous fairy tales.
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* FairytaleMotifs: The books evoke this without directly book is a loose - yet accurate in specific ways - retelling any famous fairy tales. of The Goose Girl
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The series follows Vanja Schmidt, a young girl who was abandoned by her mother, who believed her to be bad luck because she's the thirteenth child of a thirteenth child. She was adopted and raised by two goddesses, Fortune and Death. However, if Vanja wanted to continue living under their care, she must choose one of her godmothers and pay the chosen goddess a terrible price. She fled, and became a servant to princess Gisele before stealing the princess's enchanted pearls, thus stealing her appearance and identity. While masquerading as her, she gathered money by secretly stealing from nobles, becoming known as the Penny Phantom.
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The series follows Vanja Schmidt, a young girl who was abandoned by her mother, who believed her to be bad luck because she's the thirteenth child of a thirteenth child. She was adopted and raised by two goddesses, Fortune and Death. However, if Vanja wanted Death, who then arranged for her to continue living under be the servant to a princess named Gisele and her family. Scared, alone, and broken by their care, mistreatment, the goddesses offer to take her back and protect her for the rest of her days but only if she must choose chooses one of her godmothers them and pay offer the chosen goddess a terrible price. She fled, and became a servant to princess Gisele before stealing Instead, Vanja stole the princess's enchanted pearls, thus stealing her appearance and identity. While masquerading as her, she gathered money by secretly stealing from nobles, becoming known as the Penny Phantom.
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* RagsToRiches: The first book begins after Vanja has successfully stolen Princess Gisele's identity.
* RichesToRags: Princess Gisele's plight at the start of the first book.
* RichesToRags: Princess Gisele's plight at the start of the first book.
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* RagsToRiches: The first book begins after Vanja has successfully stolen Princess Gisele's identity. \n [[spoiler: Even after returning her identity at the start of the book and giving away a fortune in charity, Vanja is still quite well off at the end of the book. Shedding the armloads of jewels that had been growing on her body gave her more than enough money to accomplish her goals.]]
* RichesToRags: Princess Gisele's plight at the start of the first book.
* RichesToRags: Princess Gisele's plight at the start of the first book.
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Adelbrecht feels this way about Gisele [[spoiler: even though he knows he's marrying an impostor and that he's going to kill her once they're legally wed. Despite all of this he detests the idea of his bride flirting with another man.]]
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* AlphaBitch: Both the real Gisele and some of her noble friends were this towards Vanja at times.
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* AlphaBitch: Both the real Erhmgard, a vicious bully. Gisele and some of her noble friends were was this towards Vanja at times.to a lesser extent, but she wasn't nearly as cruel and only joined in on less serious acts of bullying when pressured to.
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* FantasticDrug: Witch Dust, which is addictive but can give people magic.
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* FantasticDrug: Witch Dust, Ash, which is addictive and can drive someone insane from overuse but can give people magic.useful magic if used in managed doses.
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* {{Glamour}}: Gisele's pearls are the source of her beauty, and adjust the base image to show the viewer what they want to see. She looks completely unrecognizable without them.
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** Erhmghard, the girl responsible for framing Vanja and getting her whipped bloody, [[spoiler: is revealed to working with the Margrave to commit treason and loses everything. It's implied that she'll be spending the rest of her days rotting in the dungeon of the castle she thought she'd be the lady of. Vanja also goes to her and taunts her about it and Vanja's newfound wealth for good measure.]]
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** Erhmghard, the girl responsible for framing Vanja and getting her whipped bloody, [[spoiler: is revealed to working with the Margrave to commit treason and loses everything. It's implied that she'll be spending the rest of her days rotting in the dungeon of the castle she thought she'd be the lady of. Vanja also goes to her and taunts her about it and Vanja's newfound wealth how rich she's become for good measure.]]
