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Hopkinson, Deborah

A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket

291 pp. | Knopf | April, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-75499-6 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-75500-9 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-385-75501-6
(3) 4-6 In this picaresque novel, young Rocco Zaccaro arrives in 1880s New York City from small-town Italy and learns to survive on the streets of the notorious Five Points neighborhood. (Photographs by Jacob Riis add historical verisimilitude.) How Rocco--a bold, cheeky narrator--moves from begging to pickpocketing to crusading for children's and animals' rights makes for a compelling page-turner.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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