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Author
Series
Publisher
Annick
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Recounts eight true tales that expose some of the most outrageous swindles and cons of all time, from the infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast to the Nazi plot to destroy the British economy by flooding the world with millions of counterfeit banknotes.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Offers an overview of some of the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons, scams, and deceptions in history, looking at how the fakers do it, why people can be so easy to fool, and how readers can avoid becoming a sucker.
Author
Publisher
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Pub. Date
c1929.
Language
English
Description
The Funny Thing is Gágs follow-up to her well-loved classic, Millions of Cats. It tells the story of a curious "aminal" that eats childrens dolls. A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen. He entices it to eat the concoction "jum-jills." A happy ending is assured when the Funny Thing discovers he loves them and never eats another doll.
10) Holy Ghost
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle ... and a murder ... in the wickedly entertaining new thriller from the master of pulse-pounding thrillers. Pinion, Minnesota: a huge city of all of seven hundred folks who define the phrase 'small town'. Nothing has ever happened in Pinion and nothing ever will ... until the mayor of sorts (campaign promise: `I'll Do What I Can') comes up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. He's heard of a place where a floating...
11) Sopa de piedras
Author
Publisher
Live Oak
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
This old French tale tells the story of three weary soldiers on their way home from war. While passing through a town, the hungry men ask for something to eat. When the selfish villagers hide all their food, they find a clever way to get a meal.
12) Thirteen o'clock
Author
Publisher
Chronicle
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
As a mysterious old clock strikes thirteen, monsters and ghouls appear looking for a snack and a little mischief at the expense of the small girl who lives down the hall.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a young black teen is murdered, his two best friends decide to keep his memory alive by promoting his music -- rhymes that could turn any hangout into a party -- with the help of his younger sister, Jasmine, who is out for justice. As the buzz builds, it forces Quadir, Jarrell, and Jasmine, to each confront the death in their own ways.
Brooklyn, 1998. When their best friend Steph is killed, Quadir and Jarrell don't want his tracks to lie forgotten....
15) Probuditi!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
On his birthday, Calvin and his friend Rodney see a magician perform, then copy him by hypnotizing Calvin's little sister, but the joke is on them when they are unable to snap her out of it.
16) Pinduli
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
18) Anansi time
Author
Publisher
August House Audio
Pub. Date
p1999.
Language
English
Description
On a recent visit to an obscure African village, he was invited to a community-wide afternoon break at which elders told traditional Anansi stories and everyone else listened intently. With material gleaned on that trip and from the tradition of African tellers in North America, Norfolk electrifies audiences with his energized retellings of Anansi, the mythic underdog who is never undone or outdone.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Max and Drew run a popular webcast that streams "live exorcisms" watched by millions across the globe. In reality, the exorcisms are just elaborately staged hoaxes performed by paid actors. But their fortunes take a turn when one of the actors becomes possessed by an actual demon and takes the crew hostage. In front of a rapidly growing audience, the demon subjects the crew to a series of violent challenges, threatening to expose the dark secrets...
Author
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a journey both of individual healing and society's response to the question of life after life, follows a single father just released from prison as he sets out to prove that the mysterious calls from beyond to the residents of Coldwater, Michigan are nothing but a hoax.
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