A Pickpocket's Tale
- ISBN-10
- 037583379X
- ISBN-13
- 9780375833793
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 225
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Author
- Karen Schwabach
Description
When Molly, a ten-year-old orphan, is arrested for picking pockets in London in 1731, she is banished to America and serves as an indentured servant for a New York City family that expects her to follow their Jewish traditions.
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- 2011-02-07
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