Publisher Annotation: Mika will do what it takes to uncover a string of thefts in the city—and keep her fellow orphans safe.

Adapted from the Indian folktale Kamala and the seven thieves, this is the story of Kamala, the wise, witty heroine who proves that anyone can be persistent, determined, and creative, regardless of wealth, social status, or gender.

"Damnable news has reached Fort Verde. Outlaw Jessup Henry and his gang of thugs are raising hell north of Santa Fe, one homestead massacre after another. Now they're on the run in Arizona Territory, evading the law. Cavalryman Tom Skinner's command: charge south with his patrol and wipe them out. But Skinner knows the land. Military decree be damned, he's deserting the wayward route -- against orders -- for the right one. There's more at risk than...

"No sooner has Montana become a state than Zimmerman launches a diabolical campaign to turn a remote swath of land into an outlaw kingdom. Some of the richest mines in the West are in Zimmerman's sights, and he's rallied allies on both sides of the law to stake his claim. The corpses are piled high in Deputy U.S. Marshal Jeremiah Halstead's war with the vicious outlaw, but now Zimmerman proves himself as cunning with a pen as he is deadly with a six-gun....

Ben Washington and his gang of murdering prairie rats have been terrorizing Wyoming Territory for quite a spell: rustling cattle, robbing stagecoaches and railroads, and slaughtering settlers. When Sheriff Buck Trammel of Laramie learns that Washington and his killers have been menacing an innocent family, he and his deputy ride out and bring Washington in the hard way—at the barrel of a gun. When word spreads fast of Washington’s capture, gambler...

"Tony Darrow lost his job at Wagon Wheel Ranch when owner Mark McCarron learned of his past. The cowboy had done time for horse stealing. With Tony out of the way, it looked like Blaise Amory, the country's most respected citizen, was a sure bet to win the love of redheaded Margie, Mark McCarron's daughter. Then Tony played a dangerous hunch. He suspected that Amory was the leader of a vicious outlaw gang stealing land from the U.S. Government. But...

At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance. In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves' Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn't exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world--a...

"Young Ray Verity took to the outlaw trail when his three brothers were killed by ranchers who believed the Verity boys guilty of cattle rustling. He swore vengeance on Miles Tenbow, whom he held responsible for the crime. From the hills near the range which had once been his Ray came down to pursue his enemy; but when it was within Ray's power to kill him, Ray saved Tenbow's life instead, then fled to save his own. Ray returned again and again, and...

"Something fishy is going on with the beef at Circle P. After a quick-and-dirty shootout with a small band of rustlers, Ty Brannigan and his son Matt do another count of their cattle -- and find they have over one hundred head more than before. Seems the rustlers were hiding stolen cows from other ranches among the Brannigan herd. And that's just the tip of the cowpie. In jail, the rustlers rat out their partners to the local marshal. They're not...

Max and Erin continue the fight to protect South Ridge Middle School from Ralph and his henchmen, but Max's greatest challenge may be keeping his crush on Erin a secret.