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Lorna Doone

a romance of Exmoor
1984
An 1869 historical romance set in seventeenth-century England about the adventures of yeoman John Ridd and his beloved Lorna Doone, a beautiful, aristocratic maiden who was kidnapped as a baby by an outlaw family.

The time travelers

2006
Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.

Bike thief

Wanting to replace the TV his sister accidentally broke--hopefully before their foster parents find out. To make money Nick begins stealing and selling bike parts, but soon his illicit activities hit close to home.

Appaloosa

2005
Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, accustomed to cleaning up after opportunistic thieves, encounter a formidable enemy when they arrive in Appaloosa, a town controlled by renegade rancher Randall Bragg.

Where the money is

true tales from the bank robbery capital of the world
2003
FBI Special Agent William Rehder chronicles the lives and crimes of bank robbers from Los Angeles.

The bookstore burglar

2013
When someone steals the key to the Black Cat Bookstore, the owner's clever cat, Cobweb, comes up with a plan to scare the bugler away.

Under cover

2011
While at a fancy vacation spot with his mother, Damian Drooth tries to track down the thief who stole a guest's bike.

The volcano of doom

2002
While vacationing in Hawaii, Ricky Kidd and his friends find a very expensive statue that was stolen from a Tokyo art show, and the thieves know that they have it.

The gold train bandits

1992
Twelve-year-old Hildy and her family have a hard life in California during the Depression, but her efforts to help the daughter of an outlaw strengthens Hildy's faith.

Danny the dragon

2009
Danny, a friendly dinosaur who helps the villagers by starting fires, cooking food, and lighting candles, no longer feels needed after a peddler comes to town selling magic fire sticks, but he learns there is more he can do when a gang of robbers arrives.

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