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Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a mafia-like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, specializing in forged hall passes, test-copying rings, black market candy selling, and taking out hits with water guns.
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Welcome to Franklin Middle School, where a junior gang of petty thieves and mobsters shakes kids down and humiliates them with water guns. Seventh-grader Matt Stevens, the class detective, is hired by fellow middle-schooler Vinny Biggs (something of a pint-sized Godfather) to recover a lost trinket from Nikki "Fingers," one of the fastest shots in school. Nikki has decided to go straight because her younger sister has entered the school. This knock-off noir kicks in when Nikki, about to hand over the charm to Matt, is "taken out" - soaked in a place to make it look like she's had an accident. This humiliation, a highly visible and common practice, immediately turns victims into social outcasts. Matt's detective instincts tell him that Vinny may have set him up, and he sets out to learn who was really behind this act. Matt Stevens may turn out to be a bankable franchise: His first-person present-tense narration carries in it echoes of Marlowe, and the simple plot makes some crafty twists and turns as it goes along. (Fiction. 9-11) (Kirkus Reviews) --Kirkus Reviews
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Jack D. Ferraiolo is the writer, producer, and director of the animated series WordGirl for PBS. He was also the editor and producer of Home Movies for the Cartoon Network and a writer for Dr. Katz. This is his first book.
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- PublisherScholastic Audio
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0545091012
- ISBN 13 9780545091015
- BindingAudio CD
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Book Description audioCD. Condition: new. Unabridged. A hot debut about an average middle schooler with a knack for solving crimesFormat 5 CDs UnabridgedMatt Stevens narrates this story of how he got sucked into his schools organization a mafialike syndicate run by seventh grader Vincent Mr Biggs Biggio Matt works to preserve his integrity while avoiding the Outs the group of kids whove been publicly humiliated by one of Vinnys Super Soakerwielding henchmenNARRATED by Sean Schemmel. Seller Inventory # DADAX0545091012
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