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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

Perfect Scoundrels

author: Carter, Ally
When feisty teenaged thief Kat's on-again off-again boyfriend, Hale, suddenly inherits his family's billion dollar company, Kat gets a tip-off that the will is a fake.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: inheritance and succession, crime [X], swindlers and swindling [X], wealth, dating (social customs)

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 her uncle Eddie's former love tries to get the gem for herself.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: precious stones, crime [X], swindlers and swindling [X], wealth, new york (state), europe, england

Ladrona Con Clase

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: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

Perfect Scoundrels :

author: Carter, Ally
When W.W. Hale inherits his grandmother's billion-dollar corporation, he soon discovers that his new position as the company's head will prevent him from carrying out any more heists with his girlfriend, Katarina Bishop.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: inheritance and succession, crime [X], swindlers and swindling [X], wealth, dating (social customs)

El Timo

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 SmartPick fruit picker.
468
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: 468
lexile: 690
subjects: adventure and adventurers, swindlers and swindling [X], baseball cards, crime [X], adventure stories

Scam

author: Choyce, Lesley
"Josh's mother always had issues--with drugs and just getting by.
FIC
year:
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: family, crime [X], teenagers, group homes for teenagers, swindlers and swindling [X], grief in adolescence

Rogues

author: Keefe, Patrick Radden
"Keefe ... explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the "worst of the worst," among other bravura works of literary journalism"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: swindlers and swindling [X], crime [X], investigative reporting

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