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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
“Remarkable . . . Scott Lynch’s first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.”—The Times (London)
An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming...
An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming...
2) The thief
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels". This instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had and the perfect partner to carry on the family business.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and thoroughly addictive, Ghostman announces the arrival of an exciting and highly distinctive novelist. When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry, the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a favor from someone who's occasionally called Jack. While it's doubtful that anyone knows his actual name or anything at all about his true identity, or even if he's still alive, he's in his mid-thirties...
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 17
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Theodore Boone, kid lawyer, is accused of robbery, he vows to do whatever it takes to prove his innocence.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The lives of four characters, including cemetery thief Cade Curtis, a runaway slave, and an illegally captured ocelot, flow together across time through their connections to the Houston bayou and an angel carved from Georgia marble.
10) The witch's boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin summons the strength to protect his family and community, while in the woods, the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned.
11) The whipping boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 20
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 109
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Boxcar children must track down an instrument thief in time to save Greenfield's music festival from disaster.
15) The white wolf
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 23
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom.
16) The thief lord
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."
17) The ninth nugget
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 14
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Crooks Barry and Larry want to get rich fast. So when they find out two rookie cops are driving a priceless golden egg to a museum, they hatch a plan to steal it." --Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Toad brothers are wreaking havoc in Drywater Gulch when a boy with no experience but immense knowledge of dinosaurs rides into town on his tortoise and declares himself the new sheriff.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Goldie, an impulsive and bold twelve-year-old, escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, where children are required to wear guardchains for their protection, and finds refuge in the extraordinary Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she discovers a useful talent for thievery and mysterious secrets that threaten her city and everyone she loves.
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