Chapter 1 The attack

12 year old Alice Dawn is a small town pickpocket. She lives with four other thieves in an old run down shack. But they are not the most frightening people, but rather the most jovial and cheeky. On her 13th birthday, Alice desperately want to know the answer to a burning question. Where are her real parents? How did she get here?
But suddenly her life is enveloped in fear and horror when her home gets invaded by unwelcomed policemen looking for the fugitives. She escapes reluctantly promising to come back. But as she embarks upon an epic quest to answer her questions she doesn't know whether she will ever go back to that run down shack.