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Schwabach, Karen

A Pickpocket's Tale

227 pp. | Random | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-375-83379-X $15.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-93379-4 $17.99
(4) 4-6 Ten-year-old London thief Molly Abraham is sold as an indentured servant to an Orthodox Jewish New York family. Schwabach educates readers about Judaism as Molly learns about the faith; the author is at her best when contrasting Molly's situation with that of a neighboring black slave's. A glossary for Molly's obscure 1730s dialect is included, but readers may become irritated by the frequent need to stop reading and consult it.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom

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