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With a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt and unexpected help from her Hallelujah-spouting cousin, Henry James, Elsie Mae tries to prevent a company from building a canal through the Okefenokee Swamp.

"Outlaws Shane and Ava, determined to thwart military leaders from taking over their home world, make interstellar headlines with each new heist, determined to bring the planet to its knees--or die trying"--Provided by publisher.

"Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first"-- Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price--and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone:...

When Cherry Ames spends the summer working as a nurse at a girls' camp, she follows a trail that ultimately leads to the true perpetrator of a series of robberies for which an innocent man has been under suspicion.

Fifth-grader PJ "Clueless" McGee writes a series of letters to his father, a private investigator, telling of his attempt to learn who stole the science fair trophy, thus clearing his own name.

"Hay padres de todo tipo: gorditos, delgados, altísimos, bajitos, divertidos, superestrictos, gritones, callados ... y po supuesto, hay padres buenos y padres no tan buenos. Cuando su padre termina en la cárcel por ser cómplice de un robo, a Frank no le queda más remedio que tramar un plan para rescaterle y devolver el dinero que ha robado. Pero ¿cómo conseguirá desembarazarse del terrible mafioso que los persigue?"--page 4 of cover.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a fox as he enters a home and walks through, greeting and taking various objects, until the owners return.