{"product_id":"a-bandits-tale-the-muddled-misadventures-of-a-pickpocket-9780385754996","title":"A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Deborah Hopkinson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - United States - 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven-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.","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45081905102999,"sku":"9780385754996","price":700.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780385754996.webp?v=1767634108","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-bandits-tale-the-muddled-misadventures-of-a-pickpocket-9780385754996","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}