From the author of the best-selling Smack comes a middle-grade adventure set in the heart of Victorian London. Jamie, Ten Tons, and Davies are mudlarks—scavengers who eke out a meager existence by retrieving bits of coal, rope, and anything of value from the banks of the Thames River. When they see a massive roll of copper fall off a ship, they come up with a daring plan to retrieve it and make their fortunes. But can three young boys really haul up the impossibly heavy copper from the river bottom? They resolve to do so—or die trying.
