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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels



by
Beth Lincoln

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Imprint
Dutton
ISBN
9780593533239
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Language: Infrequent Use , Language: Mild Language , Violence: General
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On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match.

Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker.


Shenanigan Swift is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile’s long-lost treasure. She’s excited to finally meet her arriving relatives—until one of them gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly shove down the stairs.

So what if everyone thinks she’ll never be more than a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can become whatever she wants, even a detective. And she’s determined to follow the twisty clues and catch the killer.

Deliciously suspenseful and delightfully clever, The Swifts is a remarkable debut that is both brilliantly contemporary and instantly classic. A celebration of words and individuality, it's packed with games, wordplay, and lots and lots of mischief as Shenanigan sets out to save her family and define herself in a world where definitions are so important.

Author’s note. Black-and-white illustrations.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Infrequent Use , Language: Mild Language , Violence: General

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

352

Trim Size

8 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Dewey

F

AR

6: points 12

Lexile

810L

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

May 2023

Book Genres

Detective Story, Mystery

Topics

Families. Family life. Fate and fatalism. Books and libraries. Naming ceremonies. Inheritance and succession. Private investigators.

 


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