The King of Mulberry Street

In 1892, nine-year-old Dom’s mother puts him on a ship leaving Italy, bound for America. Traveling alone as a stowaway with nothing of value but a new pair of shoes, Dom lands in the turbulent world of homeless children in Manhattan’s Five Points, where he learns street smarts and, against all odds, starts his own business. A vivid, fascinating story of an exceptional boy, inspired in part by the author’s own grandfather.