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Thompson, Kate

Highway Robbery

118 pp. | Greenwillow | June, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-173034-4 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-173035-1 $16.89
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Jonny Duddle & Robert Dress. Addressing an otherwise unnamed "sir," a street urchin spins a lively yarn. The beggar fends off would-be horse thieves--who evaporate when soldiers appear saying the mare is highwayman Dick Turpin's Black Bess. However, a clever concluding twist casts the boy's whole ingratiating tale into delicious doubt. The narrative, rich in language, is told with panache. Comical, detailed sketches show the story's Dickensian denizens.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2009

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