The Pinchers

一尊破碎的埃及貓像，讓Theo和Ellen的生活天翻地覆。媽媽Nic揭露家族過往，一段荒謬卻真實的詛咒再度降臨——當誠實人變成小偷，小偷變得無比誠實，一切秩序開始顛倒。Theo開始偷東西，Ellen卻再也說不出半個謊言。在追查解除詛咒的線索過程中，兩人闖入動物園、潛進古董店，也踏上認識自己行為背後動機的旅程。雖然故事情節誇張又富奇想，但也讓人反思：如果角色改變了，我們還是原來的自己嗎？Theo and Ellen accidentally break an ancient cat statue in the antique store. When they tell their mother Nic, she turns pale. It must have been the statue that ruined the life of their ancestor Nab Pincher!The curse of the Egyptian cat turns thieves into honest people and honest people into thieves. Nab met a terrible fate for a Pincher—he became a police officer.Now suddenly Ellen can’t lie and Theo is becoming a criminal.Theo and Ellen follow the clues to break the curse—after sneaking into the zoo through secret tunnels, breaking into the antique store and digging his way into more trouble, Theo must decide whether he is or isn’t a criminal.

大家好，我是Sherlock（雖然他們老叫我「閉嘴雪洛克」）！我是一隻超棒的狗狗，但有天我竟然被抓走了！因為我們家沒有「狗狗收據」？什麼是收據？能吃嗎？還好我有個聰明的主人Theo，他是我們家唯一不做壞事的人。這次，他要偷偷溜進警局，用食用油、狗狗裝和一個超聰明的計畫救我出來！嗯……我只希望他別再幫我穿奇怪衣服了。In this slapstick illustrated crime adventure, the honest Theo Pincher, who doesn't fit in to his family of criminals, finds a clever way to save the family dog, Sherlock, from the nasty new police officer. The new police officer, Clive, is not nice—even the other police are afraid of him. Everything, even the dog, must have a receipt to prove there's no stealing going on.Things without receipts are locked up. Of course, Theo's family don't have a receipt for anything, especially not for their dog Sherlock. When Sherlock is caught, Theo makes a plan to get him back using cooking oil, a dog onesie, and cunning—a plan so good even Theo's family are impressed.This criminally funny tale contains a break-in at the candy store, an interrogation, and comical commentary from the dog, who thinks his name is Shuddup Sherlock. Praise for The

Theo家每天都像一場奇妙的馬戲團演出。他明明只是想幫妹妹找個說故事的人，結果竟然變成一趟「奶奶救援任務」！爸媽不在家，他只好獨自搞定一切，還得面對一場亮晶晶的展覽危機。幸好，Theo有自己的一套辦法。他也許不會表演魔術或變身超人，但他腦筋轉得快，而且總有辦法把大家「不小心搞砸」的事變得沒那麼糟。The first in a funny chapter book crime series about a well-behaved child who doesn't fit in to his family of criminals—featuring a prison break, a diamond heist, and a lie that saves the day. Theo is good at most things. He can almost count to a thousand, knows several French words, and can operate the washing machine.But he can't lie or steal. "You must try harder," says his mother sternly. The Pincher Family love to steal things.It's what they are born for! When his parents leave to visit the diamond exhibition, Theo's heart sinks. After breaking Grandma out of prison (his little sister needs someone to read her bedtime story), Theo sees no alternative but to stop his parents stealing the diamond. His shout of "Stop! Police!" brings them only delight—Theo's lie has shown he is a true Pincher.A mix of adventure, silliness, and everyday f

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