Search Results: Returned 20 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 20
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2005, Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.
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2005., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: FIC WINERIP Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Mystery fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.
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c2013., Gareth Stevens Pub Call No: 613.6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Cyberspace survival guideSummary Note: Provides information and advice about online hoaxes, discussing how to avoid, identify, and remove them, in addition to other related topics.
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2013., Juvenile, Gareth Stevens Pub. Call No: 005.8 SHE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cyberspace survival guideSummary Note: Presents advice on how to detect and avoid online hoaxes.
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c2011, Pre-adolescent, Lucent Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: People in the newsSummary Note: An exploration of the life of Bernie Madoff that discusses his formative years, early investment career, involvement in a Ponzi scheme, and arrest, trial, and imprisonment for fraud.
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By West, Kasie[2023]., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: ROMANCE FIC WES Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When Wren overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friends for being catfished, she jumps in to save the day--and pretends to be his online crush"--Provided by publisher.
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c2004, Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
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2004., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: Young adult FIC CURTIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
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c2004., Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
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c2004., Wendy Lamb Books Call No: Realistic Realistic [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
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By Grant, Vickic2010., Orca Book Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F GRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Orca soundingsSummary Note: Ria is rich, slim, pretty, popular. If you only knew her at school, you'd think she led a charmed life-and until recently you'd have been right. But her situation has taken a sudden, unfortunate change. Her parents' seemingly perfect marriage has broken up, and before she's had a chance to absorb the blow, her beloved father disappears in a plane crash. What's worse, rumors begin to surface that he may have perpetrated a multimillion-dollar investment scam and everybody-Ria's mother, her best friends, even her boyfriend-believes them. Ria sees no choice but to take her little brother and run. She vows to keep the memory of her father alive. Soon, though, she begins to wonder: is her memory playing tricks on her-or is he?.
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-- Do not read this!c2010., Magic Wagon Call No: ER END Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ghost Detectors Volume: bk. 6Summary Note: When Malcolm gets a school assignment to write a research report on a long-dead local hero who wrote a book about his adventure-packed life, he is shocked to meet the author's ghost, who reveals that he was a fake.
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2018., Charlesbridge Call No: 364.16 WOOD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores stories of hoaxes, scams, and tricksters from throughout history. Breaks down how such fakers operate and offers tips on spotting and avoiding them.
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By Weil, Annc2008., Juvenile, Raintree Call No: 001.9 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Raintree atomic
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By Boese, Alexc2006., Harcourt Call No: 001.9 5 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Contains thousands of examples of urban legends, spoofs, scams, advertising ploys, political doublespeak, and other hoaxes that pervade popular culture, and offers reality rules designed to help people determine the truth of what they are reading or seeing.
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c2001., Juvenile, Annick Press ; Distributed in the USA by Firefly Books (U.S.) Call No: 507.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the ways that scientific research can be faulty, inadequate, or phony, how this type of research can affect your life, and how you can know the difference between good science and bad science.
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2003., Portfolio Call No: 333.79 McL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the rise and fall of the Texas-based energy corporation Enron, discussing the roles played by various individuals involved in the company, and the results of its bankruptcy on other businesses, the energy industry, Wall Street, and the U.S. government.
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2013., Rosen Pub. Call No: 364.16 3 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Real world economicsSummary Note: This book describes financial frauds and scams, any activity in which one party deceives another party dishonestly gaining the second party's wealth, discussing identity theft, advance fee scams, fake charities, and Ponzi and pyramid schemes.
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2006, c2005., Stone Arch Books Call No: LS Fic Powell Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Carl and his friend Sandy foil the plans of criminals who try to use a web reality show scam to cover their burglary.
