Highway robbery /

On a cold day in eighteenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Kate, 1956-
Other Authors: Duddle, Jonny (Illustrator), Dress, Robert (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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Description
Summary:On a cold day in eighteenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.
Physical Description:118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Audience:Ages 10 up.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9780061730351 (reinforced)
0061730351 (reinforced)
9780061730344 (trade bdg.) :
0061730343 (trade bdg.) :