The official synopsis for the Skandar and the Unicorn Thief book reads: “Skandar Smith has only ever wanted to be a unicorn rider, and the time has finally come for him to take his Hatchery Exam, ...

Skandar Smith flew into readers’ lives earlier this year in A.F. Steadman’s Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. Since then, the book has become a smash hit and a staple of the New York Times bestseller ...

Here is what the first book is about: "Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has only ever wanted to be a unicorn rider. To be one of the lucky few selected to hatch a unicorn. To bond with it for life; to ...

We tend to romanticize unicorns in our fairy tales. The mythical, elegant beings have associations with happy endings. But there’s the small matter of the single pointed murder horn on their heads. A ...

Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has always dreamed of being a unicorn rider, one of the elite who compete each year in the Chaos Cup. It’s weeks away from his Hatchery exam—which might offer him the ...

Skandar Smith, 13 and white, dreams of becoming a unicorn rider and competing in the prestigious Chaos Cup. The annual event makes him feel close to his mother, a huge fan of the competition who died ...