Gideon the cutpurse : being the first part of the Gideon trilogy /
Linda Buckley-Archer.
- 1st U.S. ed.
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006.
- ix, 404 p. ; 24 cm.
Die-cut cover.
School Library Journal starred Publisher's Weekly Booklist
Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.
Time travel--Fiction. Robbers and outlaws--Fiction. Fathers and sons--Fiction. Time travel--Fiction. Thieves--Fiction. Father-son relationship--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820--Fiction. Great Britain--History--1714-1837--Fiction.