Orphaned and homeless, twelve-year-old Chipper Carey is a street-wise gang member in 1890s New York City, until a con man introduces him to a wealthy woman who is seeking her long-lost nephew and Chipper must decide where his loyalties lie.
year: 2001
call number/section: 1000
subjects: orphans, fiction, gangs, street children, historical fiction, new york (n.y.), history, 1865-1898, fiction