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A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
Contributor(s): Hopkinson, Deborah (Author)
ISBN: 038575499X     ISBN-13: 9780385754996
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2015004491
Lexile Measure: 740
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 181143
Reading Level: 5.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:
From an award-winning author of historical fiction comes a story of survival, crime, adventure, and horses in the streets of 19th century New York City.

Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken parents. While working as a street musician, he meets the boys of the infamous Bandits' Roost, who teach him the art of pickpocketing. Rocco embraces his new life of crime--he's good at it, and it's more lucrative than banging a triangle on the street corner. But when he meets Meddlin' Mary, a strong-hearted Irish girl who's determined to help the horses of New York City, things begin to change. Rocco begins to reexamine his life--and take his future into his own hands.