From an award-winning author of historical fiction comes a story of survival, crime, adventure, and horses in the streets of 19th century New York City.

Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken parents. While working as a street musician, he meets the boys of the infamous Bandits' Roost, who teach him the art of pickpocketing. Rocco embraces his new life of crime--he's good at it, and it's more lucrative than banging a triangle on the street corner. But when he meets Meddlin' Mary, a strong-hearted Irish girl who's determined to help the horses of New York City, things begin to change. Rocco begins to reexamine his life--and take his future into his own hands.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
Published: 04/03/2018
ISBN: 9780385755023
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.80d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 181143 / Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9