Boland and his dinosaur friends resist Tyrone the bully as he pressures them to join his gang and participate in practical jokes.

Boland and his dinosaur friends resist Tyrone the bully as he pressures them to join his gang and participate in practical jokes.

Big, bad Tyrone the dinosaur wins all the games at Swamp Island by cheating until he foils his own attempt to cheat in the treasure hunt.

The Black Swamp Gang is a mystery set in a small town where baseball, good grades, and ice cream reign supreme until a discovery is made by one kid in town and it changes everything.

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