Pan ga daisuki pan dorobō. Sekaiichi no pan o sagashimotomete kyō mo panya e shinobikomimasu. A shadowy figure bursts out of a bakery in town. A loaf of bread runs away carrying a loaf of bread! "I'm the bread thief, and I'm looking for delicious bread!"

"Rose must survive the plague. That is the objective her dying father gives twelve-year-old Rose and her brother, Lem, as he sends them away from their home. In the year 1665, London is overpopulated and still growing while a plague runs rampant through its households. Ever resourceful, Rose manages to find hope in new friends who help each other steal the essentials to survive the cruel streets of London. But Rose also has something that may help...