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Swindle

author: Korman, Gordon
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 Smart Pick fruit picker.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 264
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710

Heist Society

author: Carter, Ally
Fifteen-year-old Kat schemes her way into the best boarding school, hoping to leave the thieving antics of her family behind her, but Hal, a former co-conspirator, appears on campus to tell Kat that a powerful mobster believes her father stole art from a priceless collection, and in order to save him, Kat will have to recover the paintings.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 83
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800

Uncommon Criminals

author: Carter, Ally
Fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop and her fellow talented teenagers work together to find and steal the "Cleopatra Emerald" from an unscrupulous dealer and return it to its rightful owner, while a former love of her Uncle Eddie tries to get the gem for herself.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: precious stones, crime, swindlers and swindling [X], wealth, new york (state), europe, england, detective and mystery stories [X]

Schoolhouse Mystery

author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
In this story about the boxcar children, Benny's curiosity while on vacation in a fishing village leads to the capture of a swindler.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), swindlers and swindling [X], mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories [X]

The Mystery Of The Conjured Man

author: Mack, Tracy
The ragtag group of orphan boys known as the Baker Street Irregulars faces shady characters and seemingly real ghosts when they assist the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, in investigating the mysterious death of Greta Berlinger during a s?ance.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780

Clues In The Car Wash

author: Banscherus, J?rgen
Olga hires fifth-grade detective Klooz to find out how her precious car got scratched at the car wash on Main Street.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: automobiles, car washes, swindlers and swindling [X], detective and mystery stories [X]

Space Shuttle Scam

author: Roy, Ron
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose head to Florida where they uncover a scam at a local space memorabilia attraction.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: swindlers and swindling [X], detective and mystery stories [X], mystery and detective stories, florida, detective and mystery fiction

Hornswoggled!

author: Crute, Josh
"Deer wakes up to find one of his antlers is missing--and there's a tennis racket in its place? One by one his friends also uncover that their important items from glasses to lucky boots have been swapped with silly, useless replacements like donuts and swim flippers.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
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You Can Trust Me

author: Heard, Wendy
"Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. . . . United by the call of the open road, they travel around sunny California in Summer's tricked-out Land Cruiser.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

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