A heart of steel can t be stolen unless the thief is Hellie Jondoe.It s 1918. A war of nations is ending and a worldwide flu epidemic just heating up, but to thirteen-year-old Hellie, the only battle that counts is her own survival.An orphan by four, a beggar by six, Hellie as apprentice pickpocket to her brother Harry is now the best dang cannon of moveable property between Satan s Circus and Hell s Kitchen. She s as tough as she is resourceful . . . on her own turf.But after a gang shootout coerces Hellie to head west on an orphan train, her plans to jump track are quickly derailed. Landing...