Title: Swindled! 1906
Description: Breathtakingly suspenseful but never violent, this title kicks off a new forensic fiction series for middle grade readers. Young Fitz Morgan unravels a mystery aboard one of the new Continental Express trains in 1906. Readers learn about the real historical setting and actual crime-solving methods from the era. Illustrations.
Subjects: Arsenic, Counterfeits and counterfeiting, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Mistaken identity, Mystery and detective stories, Railroads, Trains, Juvenile Historical Fiction, Juvenile Mysteries, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Children: Grades 4-6, Action & Adventure - General, Historical - General, Law & Crime, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure, Historical - United States - 20th Century, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories, Detective and mystery stories, Juvenile fiction, Mystery fiction, Railroad trains, Children's fiction, Railroads, fiction, Counterfeits and counterfeiting, fiction