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Author
Series
Encyclopedia Brown volume 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers continues his war on crime in ten more cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 4
Language
English
Description
Nancy finds herself in danger when she tries to solve the mystery of the old inn, believed to be jinxed.
Author
Series
Scarlet and Ivy volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
With a kindly new headmaster at Rookwood School, Scarlet and Ivy hope to focus on learning more about their mother but weird things start happening after a new ballet teacher arrives.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 3
Language
English
Description
A terrified young girl and the peculiar guardian she fears get Nancy involved in a strange and daring mystery case.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
While searching for the guard end of a broken saber that will solve one mystery, the Hardy brothers become involved with a gang of bank robbers.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 2
Language
English
Description
Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suspecting that their friend has been swindled, the Hardy brothers investigate and find themselves on the trail of a much larger criminal operation.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 72
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
110 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a celebrated goldsmith from Hawaii creates a necklace for a famous actress, rumors that the necklace is about to be stolen prompt Geronimo Stilton's investigation to identify the thief.
Author
Series
Encyclopedia Brown volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Encyclopedia Brown, brilliant fifth-grade amateur detective, solves ten crimes. The reader may match solutions with those at the end of the book.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.
Author
Series
Encyclopedia Brown volume 15
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
More mysterious cases for "America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers" to solve for the standard twenty-five-cent fee. Solutions are included at the back of the book.
13) High risk
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
It looks like Evaline Waters, a River Heights resident, is knee-deep in trouble. A huge corporation is suing her for her land; they want to tear down her house and put up a warehouse. And documentation of the zoning law that would protect Evaline's right to keep her land is missing. Figures! I've got to find that document, but it's hard to focus on the land when I'm cruising at ten thousand feet. See, Ned and I are taking flying lessons, him with...
14) The Thief Lord
Author
Language
English
Description
Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Volume 3 in the mind-bending new series from Gene Luen Yang! Hopper never dreamed that there was a connection between the Bee School and her missing father -- but it turns out that Albert Gracie was also a student of this mysterious coding school. His disappearance can only be the work of Dr. One-Zero. Once a star pupil of the Bee School, Dr. One-Zero is now a green-skinned villain on the hunt for "the most powerful turtle in the world." And the coders...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When lights start flickering and temperatures suddenly drop, twelve-year-old Tessa Woodward, sensing her new house may be haunted, recruits some new friends to help her unravel the mystery of who or what is trying to communicate with her and why.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the tiny northern town of St. Polonius, everyone over the age of twelve falls asleep after the traditional tasting of the Sacred Bear Liver at the Founders' Day Festival, leaving the children in charge, including Jean who tries to solve the mystery.
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 4
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Coders uncover a clue that may lead them to Hopper's missing dad, but they may need to use Professor Bee's Turtle of Light to find him.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Five murder suspects are invited to the haunted Barclay Hotel for a weekend getaway, and it is up to twelve-year-old JJ and eleven-year-old Penny--and a lonely ghost--to figure out who committed the crime.
Author
Series
Ruby Redfort volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fool's Gold Gang.
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