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1) Swindle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
When Griffin Bing plans a spooky sleepvoer in a haunted house that's about to be demolishied, he isn't planning on making a fortune. But then he discovers something more valuable than gold: a rare Babe Ruth baseball card, hidden out fo view for many years. Griffin's on his way to a million dollars...until a mean collector named S. Wendell Palomino (a.k.a. Swindle) tricks him out of the card. Now Griffin must put together a team of friends (and one...
2) Unplugged
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nancy and her friends establish headquarters in a seaside yacht club to investigate strange happenings in a book store and the disappearance of a marble statue.
Author
Series
Thieves of shadow volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"Callan and four other young criminals are recruited to pull off a difficult heist from the city's most powerful sorcerer"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A magical tapestry prophesies doom for the town of Vengekeep, and to everyone's surprise twelve-year-old Jaxter Grimjinx and his family of con artists appear to be the town's saviors"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 48
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While helping the police find the owner of a mysterious house with a crooked staircase and an unpredictable robot, Nancy Drew, girl detective, also helps capture a swindler.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Property Jones and her family are in dire straits when they win a drawing for the greatest bookstore in England but the previous owner was hiding something nearly as big as Property's secret."--
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 29
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The blatant acts of a lady swindler posing as Nancy Drew arouse the suspicion of friends and local police against the real Nancy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.
Author
Series
Vengekeep prophecies volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Palatinate Mages unveil their plot to take over the Five Provinces, thirteen-year-old Jaxter Grimjinx and his family of thieves must lead the rebellion to overthrow them.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams." The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir--furious enough to hire assassins. Monkey decides to try and save Samir from the...
13) A good horse
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
On her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack, when it comes to light that his dam might have been stolen.
Author
Series
Vengekeep prophecies volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Jaxter Grimjinx finds himself caught in a conspiracy when he is tapped for a mission by the notorious clan of thieves known as the Shadowhands.
16) Fly by night
Author
Series
Fly by night volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old orphan, Mosca Mye, and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man Eponymous Clent, driven by her love of language and to find a better life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Left at a New York boarding school by Aunt and Uncle Twice, eleven-year-old Emily finds horrors even greater than those she faced at Sugar Hill Hall, especially after she gets word that her inheritance is lost."
Author
Series
Great pet heist volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Butterbean is bored. She and the other pets pulled off a heist once, but that was like a million years ago. Nothing exciting has happened since then. That is, until Mrs. Third Floor shows up at their apartment, convinced there's a ghost in the building. Mrs. Third Floor's rental unit is showing signs of paranormal activity--eerie noises, objects moving when no one is there, fish disappearing from the tank overnight. The pets decide to investigate....
19) Me and Billy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After escaping the orphanage where they have spent their lives together, two boys become assistants to a con artist, and while Possum objects to the lying, stealing, and cheating, Billy only cares about making money and taking life easy.
20) Camp Shady Crook
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
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.
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