A nest of vipers
Johnson, Catherine, 1962-2021
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Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins's 'family' - a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the beautiful Bella, who can charm any rich young man out of his fortune; Sam, an escaped slave and Cato himself, a young boy, who Mother Hopkins has taught everything she knows. But old age is slowing Mother Hopkins down, and she wants to carry out one last con, a con to outdo all the cons that have gone before. And so the gang set about bringing ruin upon Captain Walker, a proud and cruel slave captain, who deserves to be taught a lesson or two.
Main title:
A nest of vipers / Catherine Johnson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Puffin Books, 2021.
Collation:
225 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Corgi, 2008.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780241514870 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92F
Local class:
FIC.JJFJOHJC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2884325