Summary
In his thirteenth year, Will Sparrow, liar and thief, becomes a runaway. On the road, he encounters a series of con artists -- a pickpocket, a tooth puller, a pig trainer, a conjurer -- and learns that others are more adept than he at lying and thieving. Then he reluctantly joins a traveling troupe... Full description
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Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Freak shows > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603 > Juvenile fiction.