Kathleen Karr
1) Skullduggery
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In 1839, twelve-year-old Matthew's job as assistant to the phrenologist Dr. Cornwall takes him up and down the Eastern Seaboard and to Europe, as they rob graves and try to find out who is following them and why.
4) The boxer
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Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny sets out to discover if he can make a d ecent living as a fighter in late nineteenth-century New York City.