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What do you get when you add up one middle school bully, two bank robbers, 57 puppy-mill dogs, 4,000 missing dollars, and five daring troublemakers led by the incomparable Riley Mack? One crazy caper! In this merry, mischievous romp, master storyteller Chris Grabenstein, the award-winning author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library, teams with a full-cast of audio talent to introduce Riley Mack, a one-of-a-kind 12-year-old hometown hero.

These disgusting stories are for good boys and girls only. Naughty children will only be tempted to sickie-burp in someone's face, or spread nasty rumours, or blame a stinky fart on someone else. You've been warned!

It wasn't the diamond as big as the Ritz, but it was a pretty big chunk of ice, and it got the precocious pranksters of The Mad Scientists' Club entwined in an international intrigue only the intrepid investigators of Interpol could unravel. Take the seven young mad scientists of Mammoth Falls, stick them in an antiquated blimp bound for the Austrian Alps, along with two "hep" college girls and a zany professor of mysterious Rumanian origins—and you have the makings of a high-flying fun fest!

This story is excerpted from The Legendary Casey Jones: And Other American Folktales by Geoffrey Thomas. These short stories are brimming with the big-heartedness, warmth, and homespun humor that the author is known for. Geoffrey Thomas introduces extraordinary characters in this mesmerizing tale of American heritage.