Fakers
Subtitle: an insider's guide to cons, hoaxes, and scams
By: H.P. Wood ; illustrated by David Clark
Contributors: Clark, David, ill
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Watertown, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781580897433
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling; Fraud; Juvenile literature; Hoaxes
Other titles: Insider's guide to cons, hoaxes, & scams
Description: Arms kids with information, introducing them to the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons and scams in human history. Profiles of con artists will get readers thinking about motivation and consequence, and practical tips will help protect them from falsehoods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-151) and index.

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1040 Lexile.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a tale as old as time; title: Conjurers and con artists: short cons; title: Just trust me: long cons; title: Step right up!: carnivals and the prince of humbug; title: Mysterious minds: spoon benders and psychics; title: Who are you?: impostors; title: I want to believe: science hoaxes; title: Snake oil: deception in medicine; title: Gideon's trumpet: deception in war; title: Believe nothing: mass media hoaxes; title: Conclusion: news you can use.