Ooh, now that’s what I call an ominous ending.

ah! I get it! very sneaky! I guess if you’re going to live in a tiny bomb shelter type place, you need ready money like gold bars or gems. I guess something big is about to happen to the world, or the guy is just delusional. And great set-up for the girl drama!

Introduction of a romance.. thief story like no other ive read.

I like how he replaces them, extremely good idea, especially for a middle schooler.

Replacing the stones is clever, and I love this series so far (I’m reading it backward, which so far hasn’t been disorienting at all: good work!).

My only question: how did it take him hours to remove the diamonds, but only minutes to replace them with glass?