Faster Than Wind

by Steve Pitt

It is 1900, and 14-year-old Bertie McCross is a newspaper boy in downtown Toronto. Bertie's family has fallen on hard times and can use every penny he brings home from hawking newspapers on the frigid streets. However, in order to do that Bertie has to keep out of the clutches of the Kelly Gang, a family of slightly older Cabbagetown toughs who are shaking down "newsies."

On Christmas Eve, Bertie is almost cornered by the Kellys but is saved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550028375
• ISBN13: 9781550028379
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7