In short order she puts together a band of kids her age, all recent arrivals - an Irish pickpocket and two boys from the circus, one Russian and one African - to make things right. One of their recent victims is the elderly grandpa of tween main character Vita, fresh off the boat from Liverpool and determined to get the family home back from the gangster who's taken possession. Aside from bootlegging, speakeasies, and the occasional murder, villains go around swindling unsuspecting people out of their homes.
Parents need to know that the bad guys are pretty bad in The Good Thieves, the inventive tale by Katherine Rundell ( Rooftoppers), which is set in 1920s New York.
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