{"product_id":"ben-yokoyama-and-the-cookie-thief-9780593432969","title":"Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie Thief","description":"\u003cb\u003eJustice is sweet when a school bully gets a taste of his own medicine. A hilarious new Cookie Chronicles adventure that middle-school readers who love Wimpy Kid and Dog Man will gobble up with gusto.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Impossible to resist.\" --Lincoln Peirce, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of Big Nate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Ben's fortune cookie tells him that \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe best things in life are free\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, he believes he can get anything he wants without paying for it--as long as it's the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ebest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. But Ben's dreams of free cookies and fancy scooters are quickly dashed when schoolyard bully Flegg McEggars steals his fortune. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen will stop at nothing to get his fortune back, but bringing the thief to justice will be no easy feat. He has to lawyer up, gather witnesses, and present his case to the fifth graders in Kid Court. Along the way, Ben learns that crime comes in many forms and the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e villains are not always the people we first suspect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the husband-and-wife, author-and-illustrator duo that brought you \u003ci\u003eBen Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom\u003c\/i\u003e comes a tale of truth, justice, and the pursuit of cookies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are the husband\/wife, author\/illustrator team behind\u003ci\u003e The Cookie Chronicles, The Real McCoys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBabies Ruin Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverywhere, Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e (Imprint Books). Until recently, they also ran two small presses: Bobbledy Books and Idiots' Books. These days, they spend most of their time making books and raising four kids (10, 8, 6, and almost 2) in the hayloft of an old barn in Chestertown, Maryland. They spend the rest of their time speaking, teaching, and leading workshops on collaboration and creative entrepreneurship-and the rest of the rest of their time running a commercial salmon fishing operation on the Alaskan tundra.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615192486162,"sku":"9780593432969","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66667635-cd9b-47da-864e-5462a320b41a.jpg?v=1761039194","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ben-yokoyama-and-the-cookie-thief-9780593432969","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}