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Mystery in the Sand (The Boxcar Children Mysteries Book 16)

I So Don't Do Makeup (I So Don't Do... Series)

Herbie's Place

The Mapmaker and the Ghost

Rescuing Raisin (The Pet Finders Club #4)

Schools Out

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Brooklyn 1977. April Lundquist lives in Dyker Heights, a neighborhood populated by the Mafia. Three hit men live on her block:Francesco Frankie the Crunch' Consiglione, Vincent Gorgeous Vinny Persico, and Salvatore Soft Sal Luciano. When Soft Sal approaches April and her best friend, Brandi Rinaldi, for a favor, well . . . the girls can't refuse.But does the favor, along with the crisp hundred-dollar bills that turn up in their schoolbooks, mean that April and Brandi are now in with the Mob? Will April be able to get protection for her older brother, Matt, when he makes the big mistake of falling for the daughter of a big crime boss? And will April's connection to Soft Sal bring her closer to Dominick DeMao, bad-boy rocker and heartbreaker?Soft Sal, Matt, Dom . . . in April's neighborhood the guys stir up all the trouble, but April wouldn't have it any other way.From the Hardcover edition.

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