pstrongFrom the creators of the emNew York Timesem bestselling Wildwood Chronicles comes an original, humorous, and fast-paced middle grade novel about a band of child pickpockets--imagineem The Invention of Hugo Cabretem meets emOliver Twistem.strongppIt is an ordinary Tuesday morning in April when bored, lonely Charlie Fisher witnesses something incredible. Right before his eyes, in a busy square in Marseille, a group of pickpockets pulls off an amazing robbery. As the young bandits appear to melt into the crowd, Charlie realizes with a start that he himself was one of their marks.ppYet Charlie is less alarmed than intrigued. This is the most thrilling thing that's happened to him since he came to France with his father, an American diplomat. So instead of reporting the thieves, Charlie defends one of their cannons, Amir, to the police, under one condition he teach Charlie the tricks of the trade.ppWhat starts off as a lesson on pinches, kicks, and chumps soon turns into an invitatio