num_pages: 404
description: 
  
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  Gideon Seymour, cutpurse and gentleman, hides from the villainous Tar Man. Suddenly the sky peels away like fabric and from the gaping hole fall two curious-looking children. Peter Schock and Kate Dyer have fallen straight from the twenty-first century, thanks to an experiment with an antigravity machine. Before Gideon and the children have a chance to gather their wits, the Tar Man takes off with the machine -- and Kate and Peter's only chance of getting home. Soon Gideon, Kate, and Peter are swept into a journey through eighteenth-century London and form a bond that, they hope, will stand strong in the face of unfathomable treachery.
language: English
title: Gideon the Cutpurse
titlecomplete: Gideon the Cutpurse (The Gideon Trilogy, #1)
characters: Kate Dyer, Gideon Seymour, Peter Shock
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 6655
series: The Gideon Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers