It's 1802 and Lizzie Short is a street smart, spunky 9-year-old street waif in east end London, England during the Napoleonic Wars. Her friends deported for stealing food, a heartbroken Lizzie discovers that life as she knew it has ended. Helping an injured old man, she begins a new life giving back to dockland as a young entrepreneur. Based loosely on the author's own life and experiences as an entrepreneur since age 6!