A bandit's tale the muddled misadventures of a pickpocket
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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 himself. |
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| Physical Description: | 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780385754996 038575499X 9780385755009 0385755007 |
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