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New York, New York

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Historical

discrimination, ingenuity, overcoming adversity, bravery

New York, 1863. The city is an angry place where criminal gangs battle to control the streets. Life is even harder for fourteen-year-old Abe and his little sister Alice. They have no family, no friends and no money. But when they encounter a mysterious new arrival in Manhattan, their lives take a turn for the worse…

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