Charley Feather

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  • In
  • mid-18th
  • Century
  • England,
  • now
  • 14
  • year
  • old
  • highway
  • robber
  • Charley
  • was
  • born
  • an
  • orphan
  • in
  • Southwark,
  • London,
  • and
  • learned
  • to
  • survive
  • the
  • hard
  • way;
  • having
  • seen
  • a
  • succession
  • of
  • casual
  • 'guardians'
  • thrown
  • in
  • to
  • jail
  • or
  • shipped
  • off
  • to
  • the
  • colonies
  • or
  • dying
  • of
  • typhoid.
  • By
  • the
  • time
  • she
  • is
  • ten
  • years
  • old,
  • Charley
  • has
  • waved
  • goodbye
  • to
  • the
  • latest,
  • pickpocket
  • mother
  • and
  • decided
  • to
  • don
  • shirt
  • and
  • breeches
  • and
  • look
  • after
  • herself
  • from
  • now
  • on;
  • a
  • much
  • easier
  • job
  • if
  • she
  • is
  • disguised
  • as
  • a
  • boy
  • (a
  • fact
  • the
  • reader
  • only
  • realises
  • a
  • chapter
  • in).
  • So
  • Charley
  • goes
  • it
  • alone.
  • At
  • the
  • age
  • of
  • twelve,
  • he/she
  • is
  • part
  • of
  • a
  • notorious
  • highway
  • robber's
  • gang
  • run
  • by
  • the
  • ruthless
  • Jack
  • Wild.
  • Travelling
  • with
  • the
  • gang
  • all
  • across
  • England,
  • Charley
  • has
  • already
  • gained
  • herself
  • the
  • plucky
  • nickname
  • of
  • Charley
  • Feather
  • -
  • because
  • of
  • her
  • feather-light
  • touch
  • when
  • picking
  • pockets,
  • and
  • the
  • dashing
  • white
  • ostrich
  • feather
  • she
  • boldly
  • sticks
  • into
  • her
  • three-cornered
  • hat.
  • But
  • when
  • Jack
  • Wild
  • is
  • cornered
  • and
  • captured
  • by
  • a
  • rival
  • gang
  • in
  • York,
  • his
  • own
  • gang
  • scatters;
  • Charley
  • finds
  • herself
  • on
  • the
  • run
  • with
  • another
  • member,
  • the
  • dubiously
  • called
  • smooth-talking
  • 'Frenchy',
  • whose
  • interests
  • are
  • not
  • entirely
  • selfless,
  • naturally.
  • By
  • the
  • time
  • Charley
  • realises
  • she
  • can
  • trust
  • neither
  • Jack
  • Wild
  • nor
  • Frenchy,
  • she
  • is
  • already
  • in
  • deep
  • trouble
  • and
  • so
  • resorts
  • to
  • changing
  • back
  • into
  • a
  • girl
  • and
  • finding
  • work
  • as
  • a
  • maid.
  • But
  • it
  • seems
  • she
  • cannot
  • escape
  • recognition
  • and
  • finds
  • herself
  • back
  • in
  • the
  • clutches
  • of
  • Frenchy,
  • who
  • will
  • spare
  • her
  • from
  • Wild
  • if
  • she
  • colludes
  • with
  • him
  • in
  • a
  • treacherous
  • plan
  • against
  • him.
  • Charley
  • doesn't
  • know
  • where
  • to
  • turn.
  • Only
  • her
  • old
  • friend
  • Robert
  • seems
  • to
  • truly
  • care
  • for
  • her
  • welfare,
  • and
  • he
  • is
  • believed
  • drowned
  • in
  • the
  • Thames.
  • Will
  • Charley
  • escape
  • Frenchy
  • again?
  • Is
  • Robert
  • truly
  • dead?
  • Will
  • she
  • ever
  • find
  • happiness...and
  • a
  • normal
  • life?
  • Read
  • on
  • and discover.
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