The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid

It is an ordinary Tuesday morning in April when bored, lonely Charlie Fisher witnesses something incredible. Right before his eyes, in a busy square in Marseille, a group of pickpockets pulls of an amazing robbery. As the young bandits appear to melt into the crowd, Charlie realises with a start that he himself was one of their marks. Yet Charlie is less alarmed than intrigued. This is the most thrilling thing that’s happened to him since he came to France with his father, an American diplomat….

By the author (Colin Meloy) and illustrator (Carson Ellis) of the wonderful Wildwood Chronicles, this is a heist adventure where you can learn more about picking pockets than you ever thought you needed to know.