Eleven-year-old Jeremy Wilderson teams up with his rival crime fighter
to stop the stealing spree that's wreaking havoc on Scottsville Middle
School in this action-packed MAX novel.
Jeremy Wilderson is not a thief. In fact, he is his middle school's one
and only retrieval specialist. Confiscated cell phones, stolen lunch
money--he'll discretely retrieve it before the last bell rings. Business
is good, and if it weren't for the meddling of preteen private
investigator Becca Mills, he'd be happier than a gym teacher on
dodgeball day.
But a new job shatters his comfortable lifestyle. Now, thanks to Jeremy,
the master key to the schools' lockers is in the hands of an aspiring
crime kingpin who doesn't exactly have Jeremy's strong moral character.
Soon not even combination locks can protect the students' textbooks and
jackets. Retrieving the key is too big a job for one crime fighter, and
only one person wants the key returned as much as Jeremy does: Becca
Mills.
Lockers are being robbed, the teachers are looking for the culprit, and
the only person Jeremy can turn to is the girl who most wants to see him
in the principal's office. Will Jeremy be able to trust Becca enough to
get the key back in the right hands? Or could he end up in detention
until the end of high school instead?