Smith: The Story of a Pickpocket

A Dickensian tale of a child thief caught in the middle of evil forces. Kids who love adventure, history, and a strong protagonist will love this middle-grade classic and Carnegie Medal–winning book.

Twelve-year-old Smith is a denizen of the mean streets of eighteenth-century London, living hand to mouth by virtue of wit and pluck. One day he trails an old gentleman with a bulging pocket, deftly picks it, and as footsteps ring out from the alley by which he had planned to make his escape, fi...