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1) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In tracing the parish boy's progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stashed "in the tower," the Hardy boys make an astonishing discovery.
Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
4) The thief
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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.
5) Dark life
Author
Series
Dark life novels (Kat Falls) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
349 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt only the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they find protection from a gang of Venetian street children and their leader, the Thief Lord.
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 24
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
84 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink attend a concert during which someone steals the star's diamond pendant, and they are soon on the trail of the thief.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Nancy finds herself in danger when she tries to solve the mystery of an old inn which seems to be jinxed.
10) The white wolf
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 23
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
84 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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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. W is for Wolf. ... Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are thrilled to visit Wallis Wallace at her new cabin in the Maine wilderness. On their very first day, they glimpse a white wolf and her babies on a cliff. But soon after the kids spy the wolf family, the pups are wolf-napped!...
11) Six of crows
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Kaz Brekker and his crew are the only ones who might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 20
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
84 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
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
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Atheneum Books for Young Readers hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 187 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away from her-home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan, shrouded in darkness. When a young wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, Tenar's rightful duty is to protect the Tombs. But Ged...
14) The ninth nugget
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 14
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
86 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
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.
15) Rip tide
Author
Series
Dark life novels (Kat Falls) volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Ty discovers an entire township chained to a sunken submarine, its inhabitants condemned to an icy underwater grave. It's only the first clue to a mystery that has claimed hundreds of lives and stands to claim two more -- - lives very precious to Ty and his Topsider ally, Gemma.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 11
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
174 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Frank and Joe investigate threatening notes and a secret room in an old mansion, robbery and mistaken identity complicate matters.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frank and Joe solve a dangerous mystery involving a payroll robbery, a mine cave-in, a piano-playing ghost and a booby-trapped helicopter.
19) The whipping boy
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
20) Ghostman
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"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 and lives completely off the grid, a criminal's criminal who does entirely as he pleases and is almost impossible to get in touch with....
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