Smith by Leon Garfield - ISBN: 9780141355214
Paperback
Orphan thief witnesses murder, chased for secrets, finds and loses hope.

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    25 March 2015

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Summary

A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime

London street urchin Smith is 12 years old and an experienced pickpocket. One day on Ludgate Hill, he robbed an old gentleman and one minute later watched him silently murdered by two men, who chased him for the document he had stolen but could not understand.

Smith artfully dodges the two men and winds up in the odd company of a wealthy blind man, who takes Smith into his home and provides him with an education. But this new comfor…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141355214
ISBN-10:0141355212
Author:Leon Garfield, Kenny McKendry
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Puffin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:25 March 2015
Weight:213g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 18mm
Series:A Puffin Book
About The Author

Leon Garfield

Leon Garfield was a British novelist, born in 1921. He is best known for children’s historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books including Shakespeare’s Stories - retellings of Shakespeare’s plays for children, and he won many awards including the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal. He died in 1996, aged 74.

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