A bandit's tale : the muddled misadventures of a pickpocket
by Hopkinson, Deborah (Author)
Summary
In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York CIty where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for money as a street musician, but he finds the city's cruelty to children and animals intolerable and sets out to make things better, whatever the cost to him... Full description
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In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York CIty where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for money as a street musician, but he finds the city's cruelty to children and animals intolerable and sets out to make things better, whatever the cost to himself. |
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Physical Description: |
290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
ISBN: |
9780385754996 038575499X 9780385755009 0385755007 |
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