Book Review: A Pickpocket's Tale
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onyxexistanceTitle: A Pickpocket's Tale
Author: Karen Schwabach
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Molly has been sent to America, but for what, she doesn't know. Sure, she's pickpocketed to keep herself alive, but she's always been sly. It had to be a rat.
The judge sentences her, as well as the rest of the group she's with to America instead of the gallows. Instead of feeling grateful that she still has her head and neck attatched, 10-year-old Molly just wants to go back to the place that she's called home for so long.
Once there, she's bought by a Jewish family, the Bells. The story is a reflection of how she figures how to take control of her life and live.
It's a great book, probably best for kids 10 to about 15 (since I enjoyed it). It's set in the 1700's, when disease, slavery, and death ravenged the cities and streets of New York.
Author: Karen Schwabach
Info:
Molly has been sent to America, but for what, she doesn't know. Sure, she's pickpocketed to keep herself alive, but she's always been sly. It had to be a rat.
The judge sentences her, as well as the rest of the group she's with to America instead of the gallows. Instead of feeling grateful that she still has her head and neck attatched, 10-year-old Molly just wants to go back to the place that she's called home for so long.
Once there, she's bought by a Jewish family, the Bells. The story is a reflection of how she figures how to take control of her life and live.
It's a great book, probably best for kids 10 to about 15 (since I enjoyed it). It's set in the 1700's, when disease, slavery, and death ravenged the cities and streets of New York.
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Thanks!
on 2007-03-13 06:50 pm (UTC)