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Swindlers and swindling

  • Al Capone does my homework
    Author:
    Choldenko, Gennifer
    Summary:

    Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden.
  • A Nose for Money
    Author:
    Nyamnjoh, Francis
    Summary:

    Set in the fictional and reluctantly bilingual land of Mimbo in contemporary Africa, this story revolves around the tragedy of the haunting Prospre, a semi-literate Mimbolander who is searching for the finer things in life. The novel...
  • A good horse
    Author:
    Smiley, Jane
    Summary:

    When eighth grader Abby Lovitt looks out at those pure-gold rolling hills, she knows there's no place she'd rather be than her family's ranch--even with all the hard work of tending to nine horses. But some chores are no work at all,...
  • 419
    Author:
    Ferguson, Will
    Summary:

    Step into the world's most insidious Internet scam that begins with a single email: "Dear Sir, I am the son of an exiled Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help ... ". When Laura's father gets caught up in one such swindle and pays with...

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