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When Appleton Elementary''''s new school board president starts using her position to line her own pockets, it''''s up to student sleuths, supported by a passionate librarian, to uncover the truth in this zany epistolary novel.Is the sweet town of Appleton ripe for scandal?Consider the facts:Appleton Elementary School has a new librarian named Rita B. Danjerous. (Say it fast.)Principal Noah Memree barely remembers hiring her.Ten-year-old Reid Durr is staying up way too late reading a book from Ms. Danjerous''''s controversial "green dot" collection.The new school board president has mandated a student dress code that includes white gloves and bow ties available only at her shop.Sound strange? Fret not. Appleton''''s fifth-grade sleuths are following the money, embracing the punny, and determined to the get to the funniest, most rotten core of their town''''s juiciest scandal. Don''''t mi