"The Thief and Me" takes place during the end of the American Revolution when England had total occupation of New York City. Two people, Jake and Jenny, find themselves thrown together after being shipwrecked on a voyage to America. They must hide their identities and create a fake marriage to survive in the New World. This book is a sequel to "The Indian and Me" and follows the struggle Native Americans faced after the Revolution to find where they fit into the new nation. Ki and Julia Rainsford find themselves in the middle of this struggle, and Jake and Jenny's adventures will test Julia and Ki's marriage to the extreme.