Thieves
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Last published Tue, Oct 4, 2011
A group of kids, Scar, Dez, Gloria, Nath, and Gray, all live in nineteenth century London as a group of pick pockets. From age six to seventeen, they have to survive on the streets but when the police start getting nosy, will they be able to keep their family together? Or will they be torn apart in the effort to protect each other?
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