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Books : Children's Books : Series : Mystery & Detective : Great Brain
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In a small town in turn-of-the-century Utah, a precocious boy hatches scheme after scheme to gain prestige and money.
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Has Tom Jenkins, a.k.a. the Great Brain, given up his con-artist ways for a bicycle? Not for long. Soon the Great Brain is back to his old tricks, swindling and trading, even convincing the whole town there’s a prehistoric monster on the loose. But when someone robs the bank, even the police are stumped. Can the Great Brain solve the crime and put the crooks behind bars?
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Tom, a.k.a. the Great Brain, is off to boarding school. Now his little brother, J. D., is free to follow in Tom’s ingenious, conniving, and profitable footsteps. All of J. D.’s attempts at turning a profit fail miserably, and he soon realizes that he just doesn’t have that crafty Great Brain knack. But when his younger brother is kidnapped, J. D. finds that his little brain may not be so ordinary after all....
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Tom Fitzgerald, The Great Brain, has turned 13 and pretty Polly Reagan has put a spell on him. When it comes to swindling the kids of Adenville with his great brain and his money-loving heart, Tom hasn't changed a bit.
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Everyone knew that Tom Fitzgerald, alias The Great Brain, would get into trouble when he went off to school at the strict Catholic Academy for Boys in Salt Lake City. But no one--including Tom--knew just how much. His tongue got him into fifteen demerits worth of difficulty the very first day, but his great brain refused to be defeated as Tom set out to outwit the eighth grade, the superintendent, and finally the bishop of the state of Utah. Whether it's running an illegal candy store or earning a reputation as the fastest potato peeler in the world or introducing the newfangled sport of basketball at the academy, Tom's great brain never falters. And his money-making schemes rise to new heights--or depths--faced with the challenge of rigorous boarding-school life.
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Tom Fitzgerald, alias The Great Brain, is back, struggling to stay reformed now that his friends have threatened to ostracize him if he puulls even one more swindle. But his brother J.D. knows Tom's reformation is too good to be true, and as a reformed Great Brain makes for a dull life, J.D. is not altogether unhappy--or blameless--when his brother's money-loving heart stealthily retums to business as usual.
Under the watchful eyes of parents and friends, Tom has to be craftier than ever, and indeed he is. Whether he's cleverly pulling an out-and-out swindle so as not to be caught or solving a train robbery and murder, Tom's Great Brain never fails.
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"As entertaining as ever...readers will fall happily under The Great Brain's spell."--School Library Journal.
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John D Fitzgerald's stories of The Great Brain are based on his own childhood in Utah, where he had conniving older brother named Tom. These reminiscences have led to his three earlier books in the series.
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The infamous Great Brain is home for summer vacation and ready to swindle anyone in Adenville, Utah, foolish enough to make a deal with him. The same money-hungry mind that built Tom's reputation as the Great Brain is undimmed by his year at the Academy. In one short summer Tom tricks his friends out of almost everything of value that they own, outwits three clever confidence men, and finally sets up business as a river raftsman. But when, to make 30 cents, Tom endangers the lives of two friends, his brother, J.D., decides it's time for The Great Brain to reform. And that's how the trial of the kids of Adenville vs. The Great Brain took place in the Fitzgeralds' barn one summer day.
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