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Masterminds

Gordon Korman

2015323 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015HarperCollins Publishers · 323 pages · ENGISBN 9781443428736
  • 2015Bound to Stay Bound Books · 323 pages · ENGISBN 9798855070552
  • 2015Balzer + Bray · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780062299963
  • 2016Balzer + Bray · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780062299994
  • 2016HarperCollins Publishers · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781484472347
  • 2016Turtleback Books · 352 pagesISBN 9780606381383
  • 2015HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone AudioISBN 9781481532914
  • 2015Balzer + Bray · 336 pagesISBN 9780062391131

Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. Honesty and integrity are valued above all else. The thirty kids who live there never lie—they know it’s a short leap from that to the awful problems of other, less fortunate places. Eli has never left Serenity . . . why would he ever want to? Then one day, he bikes to the edge of the city limits and something so crazy and unexpected happens, it changes everything. Eli convinces his friends to help him investigate further, and soon it becomes clear that nothing is as it seems in Serenity. The clues mount to reveal a shocking discovery, connecting their ideal crime-free community to some of the greatest criminal masterminds ever known. The kids realize they can trust no one—least of all their own parents.

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Plot intensityEventful

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesJustice

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