The Great Smith House Hustle

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The Great Smith House Hustle
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First edition
Author Jane Louise Curry
CountryPhilippines
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication date
1993
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages170 pp
ISBN 0-689-50580-9
OCLC 26858039
LC Class PZ7.C936 Gt 1993
Preceded byThe Big Smith Snatch 

The Great Smith House Hustle is a novel for children by the American writer Jane Louise Curry.

The Smith clan, who after moving across the country to live in Grandma Smith’s old house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, learn they are to be evicted. The Smith children, with the help of the community, race to uncover a long-standing scam to steal the houses of seniors before the savings and loan bank repossesses Grandma’s home. [1]

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References

  1. Curry, Jane Louise (1993). The Great Smith House Hustle (1993), Kirkus Reviews, 1993 . M.K. McElderry Books. ISBN   0689505809.