Captains of the SandsLiving by their wits in the steamy slums of Bahia, a gang of orphans and runaways, led by fifteen-year-old Bullet, spend their time stealing from Brazil's rich and privilaged until public outcry demands their capture. |
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... eyes out with so much reading of those books with small print . Big João goes over to where the Professor is , although he always sleeps by the warehouse door , like a mastiff , his knife near his hand to avoid any surprise . He walks ...
... eyes out with so much reading of those books with small print . Big João goes over to where the Professor is , although he always sleeps by the warehouse door , like a mastiff , his knife near his hand to avoid any surprise . He walks ...
Page 52
... eyes felt moist with tears that hadn't been brought on by pain or rage . And his damp eyes looked on Nhôzinho França as on an idol . For him Legless would even open the throat of a man with the knife he carries between his pants and the ...
... eyes felt moist with tears that hadn't been brought on by pain or rage . And his damp eyes looked on Nhôzinho França as on an idol . For him Legless would even open the throat of a man with the knife he carries between his pants and the ...
Page 134
... eyes in the hope that you would recognize your error and correct it . . . ” He looked at the priest with stern eyes . José Pedro lowered his head . " Not long ago the widow Santos complained that you were help- ing a bunch of urchins on ...
... eyes in the hope that you would recognize your error and correct it . . . ” He looked at the priest with stern eyes . José Pedro lowered his head . " Not long ago the widow Santos complained that you were help- ing a bunch of urchins on ...
Contents
TURES OF THE CAPTAINS | 4 |
paper which is without a doubt | 59 |
by which a group of assaulting | 72 |
Copyright | |
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