A crime has been committed... a very serious crime where $208.00 has been stolen. "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies was the beginning of the saga when siblings Evan and his younger sister Jessie battled it out to see who could make the most money selling lemonade.
The story continues in "The Lemonade Crime" when Jessie, bright and advanced for her age, particularly in math, is now in Evan's Grade 4 class and overhears Scott tell their classmates that he has just bought a very expensive Xbox 20/20. How interesting when brother Evan has just has the profits of their lemonade war, $208.00, stolen from his shorts as he is swimming in his friend's pool. The plot thickens when it is learned that Scott, also at the same friend's house, had gone to the bedroom alone, quickly changed and and even more quickly headed off.
Jessie puts two and two together and decides to confront Scott with a trial complete with judge, lawyers and jury of classmates, to prove he is, in fact, guilty of theft. Jessie thinks it is a slam dunk but does not account for the fact that members of the class love playing the new Xbox with Scott. Evan is caught up in the middle and things just seem to go from bad to worse.
Read to find out who was right, who was wrong and who did steal the money.
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