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1) Swindle
Author
Series
Swindle mystery volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
97 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Doctor Zoltan Bearish and his gang of swindlers try to pass off fake dinosaur bones in order to embarrass Professor Actual Factual and the Bearsonian Institution.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden"--
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Budding con artists Archie and Vivien spend a summer at a dilapidated, mismanaged Vermont camp competing to get whatever they want from their fellow campers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Third Floor visits and reports paranormal activity on the fifth floor, Butterbean and the other pets set out to find the truth and save Mrs. Third Floor from being scammed by professional ghost hunters.
6) In her skin
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Jolene Chastain, a con artist since early childhood, assumes the identity of a girl who went missing years before and weaves a new life of deception with a wealthy Boston family.
Author
Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this story about the boxcar children, Benny's curiosity while on vacation in a fishing village leads to the capture of a swindler.
8) Unplugged
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the son of the world's most famous tech billionaire, spoiled Jett Baranov has always gotten what he wanted. So when his father's private jet drops him in the middle of a place called the Oasis, Jett can't believe it. He's forced to hand over his cell phone, eat grainy veggie patties, and participate in wholesome activities with the other kids whom he has absolutely no interest in hanging out with.
As the weeks go on, Jett starts to get used to...