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Swindle
by Gordon Korman
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11 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 4,330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide 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
Pop
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8 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 3,621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water
Zoobreak
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7 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 3,541 WorldCat member libraries worldwide After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue
One false note
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31 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 2,880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A million dollars, or a clue? Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. There's a car and speedboat chase and an angry mob! When there's a Clue on the line, anything can happen
Schooled
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10 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 2,554 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school
Son of the mob
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13 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,475 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent
No more dead dogs
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8 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and held by 2,435 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well
The Juvie three
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7 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 2,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open in order to stay out of juvenile detention
Son of the mob : Hollywood hustle
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4 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and held by 2,098 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Eighteen-year-old Vince Luca, son of mob boss Anthony Luca, goes away to college in southern California hoping to escape his past, but soon his brother and a series of "uncles" appear at his dorm, and before long he is caught up in criminal activity once again
The emperor's code
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15 editions published between 2010 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,094 WorldCat member libraries worldwide As they continue their search for the 39 Clues in China, fourteen-year-old Amy is faced with a terrible dilemma when her eleven-year-old brother Dan suddenly disappears--keep on searching for the next Clue or try to find her brother
The Medusa plot
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8 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 1,715 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Unable to return to their normal lives despite the end of the Clue hunt, new Madrigal leaders Amy and Dan anxiously prepare for a retaliatory strike by the Vespers, who kidnap a number of Cahill family members and demand that Amy and Dan steal a famous painting
Framed
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6 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,657 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes
Shipwreck
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15 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,624 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Six kids, Nick, J.J., Will, Lyssa, Charla, and Ian, are thrown together against their will on a small boat that will make a one-month journey on the Pacific Ocean. They have all been sent for different reasons. Luke is taking his only choice besides being sent to a juvenile detention facility for a crime he didn't commit. Will and Lyssa are quarreling siblings sent by their parents, who hope the trip will teach them to get along better. J.J. was sent by a movie-star father after he pulled one too many pranks. Ian's parents hoped to cure him of his TV addiction. Charla was sent because she was having an athletic "burnout." But these six totally different kids have to learn to work together to survive a vicious storm and a shipwreck that leave them stranded in the middle of the ocean with no food, no water, and almost no hope for survival
Chasing the Falconers
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10 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 1,618 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Aidan and Meg Falconers' parents are facing life in prison unless Aidan and Meg can prove their innocence, but first they must escape from a juvenile detention center and elude both the authorities and a sinister attacker who has his own reason to stop them
Born to rock
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8 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in English and German and held by 1,598 WorldCat member libraries worldwide High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend
The 6th grade nickname game
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15 editions published between 1998 and 2005 in English and held by 1,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Eleven-year-old best friends Jeff and Wiley, who like to give nicknames to their classmates, try to find the right one for the new girl Cassandra, while adjusting to the football coach who has become their new teacher
Survival
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18 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,485 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Six kids. One shipwreck. One deserted island. After their ship sinks, Luke, Ian, JJ, Sharla, Will, and Lyssa must find a way to survive. They have no food and very few supplies. They think they're all alone, but they're not. And that's even worse
Dive
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9 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in English and French and held by 1,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Four kids discover treasure at the bottom of the sea and try to remove it from the sunken ship it's in
The fugitive factor
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7 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 1,470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Fugitives from justice themselves, Aiden and Meg Falconer search for evidence that will free their parents from a life sentence in prison
Escape
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18 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Having survived for so long on the deserted island, Luke, Charla, Will, Lysa, J.J. and Ian realize that their enemies are closer than they had thought, and soon discover that they will have only one chance at escape more
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Adventure stories Alzheimer's disease Animal rescue Atomic bomb Baseball cards Brothers and sisters California--Santa Monica Caribbean Area Children's stories China Code and cipher stories Cooperativeness Crime Divorce Families Family secrets Fathers and sons Football players Football stories Friendship Fugitives from justice Group homes High schools Home schooling Humorous stories Identity (Philosophical concept) Islands Juvenile delinquents Kidnapping Lost articles Middle schools Middle school students Moving, Household New York (State)--Long Island Nicknames Organized crime Orphans Punk rock music Rescues Schools Shipwrecks Shipwreck survival Shipwreck victims Smugglers Swindlers and swindling Theater Theft Treasure troves Universities and colleges Zoos
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コーマン, ゴードン
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French (13) Spanish (9) German (4) Italian (3) Chinese (1) Slovenian (1) Portuguese (1) Covers
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