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Taps dripping slime, classrooms full of bugs and lots of other disasters mean Principle Bruno might lose his job.\n \nThen Tuck and Tina discover that a masked troublemaker is causing mischief, just so he can take over the school and steal rare dinosaur bones buried beneath the building!\n \nCue a high-speed chase across land, sea and air. . . but can the two mice track down the culprit and save the day?\n\nPraise for the Tuck and Tina series-\n'Heartwarming and hilarious!' 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