num_pages: 248
description: Living by their wits in the steamy slums of Bahia, a gang of orphans and runaways, led by fifteen-year-old "Bullet," spend their time stealing from Brazil's rich and privileged until public outcry demands their capture.
language: English
title: Captains of the Sands
titlecomplete: Captains of the Sands (English and Portuguese Edition)
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Latin American, Classics, Drama, Brazil, Romance, Literature, Novels, Portuguese Literature
ratings_count: 24285
places: Salvador, Bahia
publisher: Avon Books