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    Highway Robbery

    By Kate Thompson and Robert Dress

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    The rider sprang off as light as a cat and pulled the reins over the horse's head. Then he marched straight over to me and put them into my hand.

    "Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back, I'll give you a golden guinea."

    A dark stranger leaves his magnificent horse in the care of a boy he's never met. As dusk falls, others offer to pay the boy handsomely for the animal. Then soldiers arrive, demanding to know where the horse's owner has gone.

    Could the stranger be the notorious Dick Turpin, known for his daring holdups and amazing exploits? Is the horse the legendary Black Bess? And will the boy ever see the reward he's been promised?

    There's mischief in the air, but it isn't entirely clear who's causing it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 26, 2009
    ISBN9780061861260
    Author

    Kate Thompson

    Kate Thompson is a journalist with twenty years' experience as a writer for the broadsheets and women's weekly magazines. She is now freelance, and as well as writing for newspapers, she's a seasoned ghostwriter. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Secrets of the Singer Girls, Secrets of the Sewing Bee and The Wedding Girls.

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    • 4/5
      A young beggar boy claims it is the highwayman Dick Turpin who gave him the black mare to watch. He tells of attempts to steal her, and of soldiers setting a trap for Turpin, and an adventurous night when he was left to watch the man's horse.
    • 4/5
      Good, old-fashioned, exciting adventure story set in 18th-century England.
    • 4/5
      Narrated by a poor young waif who seems to be holding the horse of the famous highwayman, DickTurpin, a Robin Hood type hero. The narrator poor and cold is approached by scalawags who try to swindle him out of the horse, Black Bess. An army captain in pursuit of Durpin recognizes Black Bess and demands that the narrator assist in the capture of his hero. The narrator who “may be poor but is not a thief” struggles with his conscious throughout the book as different characters make different demands. This is a short book (118 pages). The sympathetic narrator, writing style, Dickensian illustrations, and moral dilemma make it an excellent candidate for a read aloud. The delightful twist at the end is a perfect segue into a discussion of character traits and reliable/unreliable narrators.
    • 4/5
      A young street urchin tells the tale about his adventure/ordeal in being entrusted by the famous Dick Turpin to hold his horse while Turpin ran an errand.. Kids should love it. Lots of artwork ala Illustrated Classics. I enjoyed it as an entertaining short story and quick read :-)
    • 3/5
      On a cold day in eightheenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.
    • 4/5
      A young beggar boy claims it is the highwayman Dick Turpin who gave him the black mare to watch. He tells of attempts to steal her, and of soldiers setting a trap for Turpin, and an adventurous night when he was left to watch the man's horse.