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The Pickpocket's Daughter
(2026)(The first book in the Sparrow Street Girls series)
A novel by Mabel Grey
London, 1872.
Fourteen-year-old Violet Briggs knows how to survive.
She knows which streets to avoid. Which pockets are worth picking. And how to keep food on the table when nobody else will help.
As the daughter of a skilled pickpocket, Violet has spent her life learning the harsh lessons of London's East End. But when two younger girls in desperate need of help cross her path, everything changes.
Together with Violet's mother, Nancy, they form an unlikely family in a tiny room on Sparrow Street.
For the first time, the girls have something worth fighting for.
But poverty is never far away.
As winter tightens its grip on London and danger closes in from every side, Violet discovers that keeping a family together may be the hardest thing she has ever done.
And when tragedy strikes, she must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice for the people she loves.
A moving Victorian saga filled with friendship, hardship, courage and hope, perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin, Katie Flynn and Anna Jacobs.
Genre: Sagas
Fourteen-year-old Violet Briggs knows how to survive.
She knows which streets to avoid. Which pockets are worth picking. And how to keep food on the table when nobody else will help.
As the daughter of a skilled pickpocket, Violet has spent her life learning the harsh lessons of London's East End. But when two younger girls in desperate need of help cross her path, everything changes.
Together with Violet's mother, Nancy, they form an unlikely family in a tiny room on Sparrow Street.
For the first time, the girls have something worth fighting for.
But poverty is never far away.
As winter tightens its grip on London and danger closes in from every side, Violet discovers that keeping a family together may be the hardest thing she has ever done.
And when tragedy strikes, she must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice for the people she loves.
A moving Victorian saga filled with friendship, hardship, courage and hope, perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin, Katie Flynn and Anna Jacobs.
Genre: Sagas
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