Newsies: On the frontier.
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Based on the true events leading up to the Newsies Strike of 1899. This story follows the lives of newspaper boys, and a girl who wishes for a better, brighter and adventurous life. But will she find it when she goes looking? Anastasia Picket is an adventurous soul. She ventures into the unknown and the unforgiving parts of New York. Into the boroughs' and into the alleyways that only the brave go. Befriended by a unlikely group of under-dogs, she leads her friends head first into a world changing event. And of course it wouldn't be a real adventure without romance thrown into the mix.
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