Edgar Award winner, Peter Abrahams, is the author of this modern Robin Hood story. The story is set in Brooklyn, New York. Robbie Forester, a seventh-grader, witnesses a dying homeless woman drop a charm bracelet as she is taken into an ambulance. The powerful charm bracelet causes Robbie to manifest strange powers in times of stress. She has plenty of stress coming her way when she learns that the homeless shelter where she and her mother volunteer is being closed, thanks to rent gouging by mysterious millionaire Sheldon Gunn. Sheldon Gunn is also behind attempts to close other local institutions. When Robbie shares the secret of the charm bracelet with her friends, they are all drawn into a fight for justice.
Robbie and her friends find themselves in an ominous world of thievery, arson, big yachts, and big bank accounts. Readers will be kept on the edge of their seats by this wonderful tale of action, adventure, danger, and magic.
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