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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In 1925, after witnessing the violent actions of some gangsters, twelve-year-old Emily accompanies her older sister on a trip to a luxurious hotel on the New Jersey shore but worries that the gangsters have come to the same hotel. Includes historical notes on the time period.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an archaeologist's priceless jewel goes missing during a 1906 ocean liner voyage to Europe, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover which of the first-class passengers is the thief. Includes French glossary and historical information on travel and archaeology in the early twentieth century.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
162 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
While volunteering as a magazine delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
177 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
172 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
While visiting an old castle in England, Samantha and Nellie solve mysteries involving a ghost and some missing rare books. Includes end note about England in the early twentieth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Volunteering with her friend Cecile at a crowded New Orleans orphanage during the yellow fever epidemic of 1853, Marie-Grace discovers that it is not just the orphans who need help.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
150 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Marie-Grace can't wait to begin her journey up the Mississippi River with her father. The steamboat they're traveling on is the biggest and fanciest boat Marie-Grace has ever seen. It's crowded with all sorts of interesting passengers, including Wilhelmina Newman, a girl her age. Wilhelmina is traveling alone, and she's carrying a secret in one of her trunks--clues to hidden Gold Rush treasure. Marie-Grace and Wilhelmina have to unravel the clues...
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