The Bad Kid
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Text copyright © 2016 by Sarah Lariviere
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lariviere, Sarah, author.
Title: The bad kid / Sarah Lariviere.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] | Summary: In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park, eleven-year-old Claudeline Feng LeBernardin hopes to take over the “family business” previously run by her mobster grandfather, who has recently passed away, while trying to uncover a local scam artist and salvage her friendship with her best friend and partner in crime, Fingerless Brett.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015045427| ISBN 9781481435819 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481435840 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Gangsters—Fiction. | Families—Fiction. |
Friendship—Fiction. | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. | Mystery and
detective stories. | Humorous stories. | Racially mixed people—Fiction. |
BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience. | JUVENILE
FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues). |
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.L345 Bad 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015045427