Title: A pickpocket's tale /
Authors: Schwabach, Karen
Publisher: Random House,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Pickpockets Fiction.; Indentured servants Fiction.; Judaism Customs and practices Fiction.; Slavery Fiction.; Jews New York (State) New York Fiction.; Orphans Fiction.; Pickpockets Juvenile fiction.; Indentured servants Juvenile fiction.; Judaism Customs and practices Juvenile fiction.; Slavery Juvenile fiction; Jews New York (State) New York Juvenile fiction.; Orphans Juvenile fiction; New York (N.Y.) History Fiction.; New York (N.Y.) Juvenile fiction.
Abstract: When Molly, a ten-year-old orphan, is arrested for picking pockets in London in 1731, she is banished to America and serves as an indentured servant for a New York City family that expects her to follow their Jewish traditions.