Child Thief

Fourteen-year-old Nick miraculously survived an encounter with drug dealers in one of Brooklyn's parks, but Peter came to his rescue. Oh, that Peter!

He is quick, brave, highly mischievous, and like all boys, loves to play, although his games often end in bloodshed. His eyes shine with gold, and when he smiles at you, you become his friend for life. He comes to lonely, lost children — broken, desperate, subjected to violence — promising to take them to a secret place where extraordinary adventures await them, where magic is alive, and where they will never grow up. Of course, Peter's crazy tales about fairies and monsters are unsettling, but Nick agrees. After all, there is no safe place for him in New York anymore. What does he have to lose? However, there is always something to lose in life…