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After traveling from her home planet to Ouris and sneaking into the imperial ball to steal from the galactic elite, expert thief Cass is framed for the unexpected death of the emperor, and must work together with a mysterious rebel to uncover the true plot and clear her name.
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Thieves' gambit volume 1
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At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance. In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves' Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn't exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world--a...
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Jasmine, Erin, Willow, and Lili are first year middle school students in Washington, D.C., chosen for the academic quiz team because of their expertise in art, math, science, and history--and when a precious, historical ruby is stolen from the school during a tournament the "Jewels" set out to use their talents to solve the mystery.
4) Flash
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Relates one momentous day in the lives of five young people in the San Francisco Bay Area, including two teenaged bank robbers, a witness, and a wounded military policeman just back from Iraq.
6) Lucero
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"In the aftermath of Sombra's return, the balance between light and dark magic has been destroyed and chaos has broken out in Castallan and around the world. Sombra's shadows have taken over to create monstrous versions of everyone Finn and Alfie love, and with war between Castallan and Englass looming, the prince and the thief must band together one last time--to save their entire world. To stop the magical imbalance, they must find the stone relics...
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"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.
8) Firebrand
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Anglet Sutonga, a former Steeplejack, must pose as a foreign princess to catch the thief who stole the government's plans for a secret weapon. Yet Ang has other things on her mind as well. Refugees from the north are trickling into the city, but an ambitious politician is proposing extreme measures to get rid of them, and when Ang discovers that one theft could spark a conflagration of conspiracy that will threaten the most vulnerable of Bar-Selehm,...
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Jewel society volume 3
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The jewel hunt continues as the girls set out to protect an emerald necklace belonging to a famous reality TV show star. Now all they need to do is keep their enemies at bay, and the race for the Martha Washington jewels will finally be in their favor! But tensions are running high, and with celebrity stylists and TV crews everywhere, the Jewels are finding it hard to concentrate. And it's not long before their friendship starts to suffer. Thankfully,...
10) The hacker's key
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"Ada Genet's father, Remy Genet, was one of the most infamous criminals in the world, specializing in infiltration, theft, and cybercrime. As far back as she can remember, Ada had been his accomplice. She helped him steal secrets from governments, weapons from terrorists, and money from just about everyone. But when the law finally caught up with them, Remy ended up in prison--and Ada at a military boarding school, as a ward of the US government....
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In the Belle Époque city of Severon, Sybil Clarion and Esme Rimbaud, best friends with a secret crush on each other, find themselves drawn into a risky heist proposition from a mysterious Green Faerie named Maeve, which could offer financial security but may endanger their carefully constructed lives.
12) Icarus
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A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
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