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"It is an ordinary Tuesday morning in April when bored, lonely Charlie Fisher witnesses something incredible. Right before his eyes, in a busy square in Marseille, a group of pickpockets pulls off an amazing robbery. As the young bandits appear to melt into the crowd, Charlie realizes with a start that he himself was one of their marks."--Dust jacket.
62) Cara the cowgirl
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"Ten-year-old Cara, the best--and only--cowgirl in Creektown, wants to go to the cattle market with the cowboys but is, instead, left to protect the town from Wild Jake, the bandit"--OCLC.
64) Shooting Star
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Wheelchair-bound Stella can secretly fly but soon after becoming a superhero, she faces an escaped prisoner and is unable to change into her costume without revealing her true identity.
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"Enduring boring days spent inventing traps to keep plunderers at bay, trap smith Wily Snare is kidnapped by the first thieves to outwit his innovations and is recruited into their band to help loot treasure as part of a rebellion against the Infernal King"--OCLC.
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When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and 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.
68) Goldeline
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Goldeline travels through the woods with a group of bandits, getting by on the things they steal from passing carriages, but a man who wants to cleanse the Hinterlands of anyone who is different hunts Goldeline, believing her a witch.
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There's a thief on the loose in Tuptown, and the annual Butterfly Ball will be canceled unless someone is brought to justice. Luckily, Pigsticks has crime-fighting in his blood and a magnifying glass in his hand. Will Detective Pigsticks and his keen-eyed assistant, Harold, solve the crime in time to save the ball?
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March and Jules are teenage twins, following in their father's footsteps as jewel thieves, but when their latest job goes wrong they end up with one jewel, a sapphire called the Morning Star, one of three cursed jewels--and the only way they can break the curse is to elude the FBI, Interpol, and a gang of international criminals, find the other two jewels, and reunite them.
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Oliver wants to be a wizard, but things turn disastrous when his best friends Bea and Teenie get him invited to a classmate's birthday party as the entertaining magician. With nothing else to do, Oliver visits the Great Zoocheeni's Magic Emporium but only has money to buy a moth-eaten top hat. Remarkably, inside the hat is the wisecracking magic rabbit Benny, who agrees to help Oliver with his magic for a share of the profits. However, when Oliver...
72) The whipping boy
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A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
76) Hello, door
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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.