TY - BOOK AU - Lincoln,Beth AU - Powell,Claire TI - The swifts: a dictionary of scoundrels SN - 9780593533239 U1 - 823/.92 23 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Dutton Children's Books an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC KW - Families KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Magic KW - Private investigators KW - Fate and fatalism KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Family life KW - Fiction KW - Mystery and detective stories KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Action and adventure fiction N1 - 810 L; Lexile; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 6; 12; 518227 N2 - "On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile's long-lost treasure. She's excited to finally meet her arriving relatives--until one of them gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly shove down the stairs. So what if everyone thinks she'll never be more than a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can become whatever she wants, even a detective. And she's determined to follow the twisty clues and catch the killer. Deliciously suspenseful and delightfully clever, The Swifts is a remarkable debut that is both brilliantly contemporary and instantly classic. A celebration of words and individuality, it's packed with games, wordplay, and lots and lots of mischief as Shenanigan sets out to save her family and define herself in a world where definitions are so important." -- ER -