And as they execute another exciting caper full of twists and turns, they'll prove that sometimes it takes a thief to catch a cheat.

To get the test adn clear their names, they'll have to outrun the school's security cameras, outwit a nosy member of the Honor Board, and outmaneuver the blackmailers while setting a trap for them in turn.

So Gang Greene reunites for their biggest job yet. The jerks behind the video threaten to pass it to the principal - unless Jackson steals an advance copy of the school's toughest exam. And he's been hanging out a lot with Gaby de la Cruz, so he thinks maybe, just maybe, they'll soon have their first kiss.Then Jackson receives a link to a faked security video that seems to show him and the rest of Gang Greene flooding the school gym. His friends have great new projects of their own. Add to Cart Buy now Add to Wishlist Item Price 46. He is officially retired from conning, so Principal Kelsey is (mostly) off his back. To Catch a Cheat: A Jackson Greene Novel: A Jackson Greene Novel by Johnson, Varian Seller Ergodebooks Published Condition Used:Good ISBN 9780545722391 Item Price 46.83 Show Details Description: Arthur A. Sheer fun.įrom the January/February 2016 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.When a video frames Jackson Greene and his friends for a crime they didn't commit, Gang Greene battles the blackmailers in this sequel to the acclaimed The Great Greene Heist. Back matter explains the novel’s various allusions to The Princess Bride, Star Wars, the Fantastic Four, Ocean’s Twelve, and other pop-culture references to geek out about. The smart, complicated mystery caper, reminiscent of the Ocean’s Eleven movies, Mission: Impossible, and The Westing Game (to which Johnson slyly alludes later in the tale), involves outwitting the school’s ultra-high-tech security system, stealing a final exam, and defeating an unknown mastermind. Blackmail? Revenge? Who needs this distraction when things are going so well with Gaby de la Cruz, student council president and potential girlfriend? (Jackson, the master middle-school strategist, has yet to figure out the logistics of a first kiss.) To clear their names, Jackson and “Gang Greene” are back in action. Lone Star List selection and To Catch a Cheat, another Jackson Greene adventure. Until…someone floods the Maplewood Middle School bathrooms and hallways, and a video surfaces incriminating Jackson and his diverse set of friends. Varian Johnson is the author of several novels for children and young.

7/14), Jackson Greene retired from his con-man antics. After his crew succeeded at foiling a corrupt student council election in The Great Greene Heist (rev.

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