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Sixth-graders Mac and Vince (The Fourth Stall) continue to operate their detective business out of the school bathroom. This time they're investigating a new administrator's plan to "clean up" the school via standardized testing. Rylander deftly blends humor and mystery in this tale that's told in the style of a noir detective story, right down to the femme fatale with an axe to grind.