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  • Smith (Puffin Modern Classics)
    PUFFIN (PENG), Paperback, 2008
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    Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, Turtleback, 2001
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    Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Hardcover, 2000
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    Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Paperback, 2000
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    Tandem Library, School & Library Binding, 2000
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    Oxford University Press, Paperback, 1997
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    Chivers North America, Hardcover, 1991
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    Peter Smith Pub Inc, Hardcover, 1991
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    Yearling, Paperback, 1987
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Smith
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 865 Ratings and 114 Reviews

Book Description
"Leon Garfield is unmatched for sheer, exciting storytelling." --Lloyd Alexander

This brilliant, picaresque novel follows the adventures of an illiterate young ragamuffin known only as Smith. Smith picks the pocket of a stranger, only to witness immediately the strangers murder. Smiths booty from the theft is an Important Document, no doubt worth quite a lot to somebody, which is pro... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingPaperback (10 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages216
ISBN-100374467625
ISBN-13978-0374467623
Publication Date09/01/2000
The Creators
About Leon Garfield (Author) : Leon Garfield (14 July 1921, Brighton, Sussex, England – 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for his historical novels for children, though he also wrote for adults. He wr... more
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4/17/2010 Kate Russell said: I first read this at school and loved it then as I do now. It's the story of a 12 year old pickpocket in Dickensian London, who picks an old man's pockets just minutes before his victim is murdered. What had Smith stolen that was worth the old man's life? You'll have to read it to find out. :-)
tags: I recommend

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