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YAOrca Soundings series.
After his parents' death, Nick is sucked into the illegal operations of a bicycle chop shop. His flimsy reasoning--that his foster parents will reject him and his sister if he doesn't replace the TV she broke--is not borne out by the sunny ending, but the swift plot escalation and clear character hooks will satisfy hi-lo readers.