I thought that this book was pretty good. One thing I liked about it was that I was the only person that has checked it out at the library. This book is about a boy named Sam. His mother was killed by a cobblestone that was trown in a gang fight between the Irish and the Russians. Now he has to privide for himself and his father who doesn't feel that life is important without his wife. He is looking for a way to make money when a doctor finds him and asks him for his help. That is when things change in his life and he does a job for Monk Eastman who helped a person with Colarea escape from the ship that is docked in the harbor. I thought that this was the type of book you would read in your spare time and had nothing to do, but I would not read unless I had nothing else to do at all. ( )