Emily Ecton

Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.

"If only these friends can pull of the heist of the century, they just might keep themselves from being sent to the pound. When they discover a mysterious man in their building who seems to have lots of loot, they plan a heist. Butterbean knew she wasn't always a good dog, she'd never consider herself a BAD dog - until the morning that her owner, Mrs, Food, fell in the hallway. Admittedly the tile was slipperier than usual, mostly because Butterbean...

The animals of the Strathmore building have a mission--convince the raccoons who have invaded the loading dock to leave the building before Biscuit, the Yorkie on the second floor, is evicted for his non-stop barking, and Madison, Butterbean's human, is blamed for the destruction the raccoons are causing.