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Wretched waterpark
by Kiersten White
While staying with their Aunt Saffronia, the Sinister-Winterbottom siblings visit the Fathoms of Fun waterpark where they find themselves submerged in a mystery when people start disappearing and a suspicious goo bubbles to the surface, among other eerie events. Simultaneous eBook.
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Lion down
by Stuart Gibbs
Thirteen-year-old Teddy Fitzroy and his girlfriend, Summer, investigate when a mountain lion is accused of killing a prized dog outside of FunJungle Wild Animal Park in the Texas Hill Country
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The case of the time-capsule bandit
by Octavia Spencer
Twelve-year-old Randi, unhappy about moving from Brooklyn to Deer Creek, Tennessee, after her mother's death, soon finds new friends and a case to solve surrounding a stolen time capsule and rumors of a centuries-old treasure.
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The secret of Gumbo Grove
by Eleanora E. Tate
While helping restore the cemetery of the old Baptist church, eleven-year-old Raisin solves the mystery surrounding the founding of her home town and gains pride in her family's past
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The case of the Goblin Pearls
by Laurence Yep
Auntie Tiger Lil's float in the San Francisco Chinatown parade should be the biggest hit of all because it will feature the rare and beautiful Goblin Pearls, but when the jewels vanish, her niece Lily is on the case to get them back and save the day. Reprint.
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I put a spell on you : from the files of Chrissie Woodward, spelling bee detective
by Adam Selzer
With the televised spelling bee generating major excitement in the small town of Preston, a home-schooled outsider, a class clown, a super-studious speller, and various other sixth-grade characters prepare for their moment in the spotlight while Principal Floren looks into suspicious activities that may cause problems during the important event.
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The Westing game
by Ellen Raskin
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance
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The diamond of Drury Lane : a Cat Royal adventure
by Julia Golding
Orphan Catherine "Cat" Royal, living at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, tries to find the "diamond" supposedly hidden in the theater, which unmasks a treasonous political cartoonist, and involves her in the street gangs of Covent Garden and the world of nobility.
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Grk and the hot dog trail
by Joshua Doder
When the billion dollar statue goes missing while on their visit to New York City, the Malts, Raffifis, and Grks have to put their sightseeing of the Empire State Building and ride on the Staten Island Ferry on hold while Max and Tim go in search of the culprit with the use of the clues left behind.
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Room one : a mystery or two
by Andrew Clements
In his very small town of Hamilton, Nebraska, fifth-grader Ted Hammond looks for a connection between the dying town's dwindling school numbers and the face in the window of the empty Anderson house. 100,000 first printing.
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Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak bandits
by Michael D. Beil
Helping to solve mysteries from his home aboard the Lake Erie Shoreliner train, wise-cracking cat Lantern Sam helps 10-year-old traveler Henry, who is trying to rescue his friend Ellie from kidnappers. By the author of Summer at Forsaken Lake.
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The black tower
by Betsy Cromer Byars
While reading aloud to Lionus Hunt, an elderly stroke victim who can only communicate by blinking his eyes, Herculeah stumbles upon a mystery involving a centuries-old murder, a strange old lady, and a nurse with a dangerous agenda. Reprint.
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The secret of the skeleton key
by Penny Warner
Cody, Quinn, Luke and M.E. (aka the Code Busters Club) like to create codes then solve them, so when they notice something odd going on with their neighbor, the so-called Skeleton Man, they resolve to decipher his codes to unravel a mystery involving a possible hidden treasure before it's too late. Includes more than 15 codes for kids to decipher and a website with additional puzzles and codes.
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From Russia with lunch
by Bruce Hale
Detectives Chet Gecko and his partner Natalie Attired try to solve the mystery of why Emerson Hicky Elementary School students have suddenly started acting strangely.
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The Red Blazer Girls : the ring of Rocamadour
by Michael D. Beil
Offering to help a weird lady with a problem, three girls end up in the midst of a mystery and so must quickly put their sleuthing skills to the test by tackling word puzzles, solving equations, and scouring through old boxes in a dusty room to solve the case.
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The 100-year-old secret
by Tracy Barrett
Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister living in London for a year, discover that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great grandfather when they are inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives and given his unsolved casebook, from which they attempt to solve the case of a famous missing painting.
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Missing on Superstition Mountain
by Elise Broach
When brothers Simon, Henry and Jack Barker move with their parents to Arizona, they are irresistibly drawn to the unusually creepy Superstition Mountain, despite warnings that exploring the aptly named place is not safe. By the New York Times best-selling author of the ALA Notable Book, Shakespeare's Secret.
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Fear itself
by Andrew Clements
As the countdown to the demolition of the school approaches, Ben and Jill need to make sense of the maritime riddles left by groups of past Keepers of the School in order to prevent their school from becoming a housing development. 100,000 first printing.
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The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict
by Trenton Lee Stewart
Before there was a Mysterious Benedict Society, there was simply a 9-year-old orphaned boy named Nicholas Benedict, afflicted with an unfortunate nose and narcolepsy, who was sent to a new orphanage where he encountered vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances and a mystery that changed his life forever.
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Johnny Swanson
by Eleanor Updale
In 1929 England, eleven-year-old Johnny Swanson helps his widowed mother by starting a newspaper advertising scam, which leads him to a real-life murder mystery that places his mother in mortal danger
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The maze of bones
by Rick Riordan
At the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy Cahill are given the choice of receiving a million dollars or uncovering the 39 clues hidden around the world that will lead to the source of the family's power, but by taking on the clues, they end up in a dangerous race against their own family members. 250,000 first printing.
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Capture the flag
by Kate Messner
Snowed in at a chaotic Washington, D.C. airport, Anna, JosT and Henry encounter a mysterious tattooed man, a flamboyant politician and a rambunctious poodle before learning that a historical U.S. flag has been stolen and that the culprits are also at the airport.
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Wilma Tenderfoot : the case of the frozen hearts
by Emma Kennedy
Dreaming of becoming a world-famous detective so that she can find out who her parents are, brash 10-year-old orphan Wilma discovers that a new neighbor is a detective and resolves to become his apprentice.
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Charlie Collier, snoop for hire : the homemade stuffing caper
by John V. Madormo
Twelve-year-old Charlie's analytical skills win him few friends at school, but when the most popular girl in class comes to the makeshift private investigation office in his parent's garage asking Charlie's help to find her missing bird, he and friend Henry begin their first real case
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The spy catchers of Maple Hill
by Megan Frazer Blakemore
Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their small Vermont town amidst the fervor of Cold War-era McCarthyism, but more is revealed than they could ever have imagined.
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Horton Halfpott, or, The fiendish mystery of Smugwick Manor, or, The loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's corset : Or, the Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; Or, the Loosening of M'lady Luggertuck's Corset
by Tom Angleberger
The author's latest, loopiest middle grade novel begins when M'Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it's never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events that result in the disappearance of a precious family heirloom, an occurrence which ends up embroiling Horton Halfpott, the good-natured but lowly kitchen boy who can't tell a lie, in the mystery surrounding a series of thefts.
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The case of the case of mistaken identity
by Mac Barnett
When a quilt containing America's secrets is stolen and he is falsely accused of the crime, Steve Brixton must use all the skills he has gleaned from reading detective novels to solve the mystery and find the real culprits in order to restore his good name.
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The Pearl of Bengal
by Steve Stevenson
A fanciful new mystery series relates the tales about a headstrong girl detective who jets off on exotic and international adventures with the help of her hulking bodyguard and loyal cat named, aptly, Watson. Original.
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Poached
by Stuart Gibbs
An energetic sequel to Belly Up finds Teddy Fitzroy bullied by troublemaker Vance Jessup, who wants to use Teddy's home at the state-of-the-art zoo and theme park, FunJungle, for the site of a cruel prank that causes Teddy to be wrongly blamed for a koala's disappearance, since Teddy was the only one caught on camera when the koala went missing.
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The girl from Felony Bay
by John Thompson
Forced to move in with her alcoholic uncle after her father is framed for a terrible crime, southern sixth-grader Abbey resolves to clear her father's name while outmaneuvering a bully and tackling a mystery on her family's estate with the help of a curious newcomer. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.
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Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-- detectives extraordinaire!
by Polly Horvath
Discovering that her parents have been kidnapped by a pair of disreputable foxes, a little girl receives help from a pair of fedora-wearing bunny rabbits and a garlic bread-loving Marmot who provides translating services. By the Newbery Honor- and National Book Award-winning author of Everything on a Waffle.
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"Who could that be at this hour?"
by Lemony Snicket
A first entry in a planned four-part series by the creator of A Series of Unfortunate Events books recounts his suspenseful experiences in a fading town where an apprenticeship with a shadowy organization is rendered dangerous by his investigations into local mysteries. Illustrated by the award-winning artist of Palookaville. One million first printing.
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Three times lucky
by Sheila Turnage
Making a home in a small North Carolina town where she washed up as a baby during a hurricane 11 years earlier, sixth-grader Mo taps the power of her strong will and tough attitude when a lawman arrives in town to investigate a murder case that threatens to destabilize Mo's adopted family. A first novel.
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Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, 12-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing, but soon guests begin arriving with strange stories about the house, sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure. Simultaneous eBook.
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The fairy-tale detectives
by Michael Buckley
Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead
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Fuzzy mud
by Louis Sachar
Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world. Simultaneous eBook.
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Smashie McPerter and the mystery of room 11
by N Griffin
When the class hamster goes missing from Room 11 on the same day they have an awful substitute teacher, hamster-phobic student Smashie McPerter and her best friend, Dontel, experience increasing paranoia as every likely suspect produces an alibi.
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Sleuth on skates
by Clémentine Beauvais
Precocious eleven-year-old self-made-supersleuth Sophie "Sesame" Seade investigates the disappearance of Jenna Jenkins, a student at Cambridge University, where Sophie's father is chaplain and her mother is Head of Christ's College
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Woof : a Bowser and Birdie novel
by Spencer Quinn
Teaming up with 11-year-old Birdie to solve mysteries on the Louisiana coast, dog detective Bowser investigates the theft of a prize stuffed marlin in which Birdie's Grammy may have hidden a treasure map. By the best-selling author of the Chet and Bernie mysteries. Simultaneous eBook.
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The detective's assistant
by Kate Hannigan
A tale inspired by the life of America's first female detective follows the experiences of 11-year-old orphan Nell Warne, who becomes an indispensable helper to her Pinkerton Detective Agency employee aunt, Kate. By the author of the Cupcake Cousins series. Simultaneous eBook. 25,000 first printing.
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The Great Shelby Holmes
by Elizabeth Eulberg
Spunky sixth-grade girl sleuth Shelby and her sports-loving sidekick, Watson, tackle a dognapper in their Harlem neighborhood, in a modern adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes character.
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Howard Wallace, P.I.
by Casey Lyall
Twelve-year-old private investigator Howard Wallace investigates a case of student council blackmail with new student Ivy Mason as his junior partner
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Who killed Darius Drake? : a mystery
by W. R. Philbrick
Arthur and Darius, two boys who are social outcasts, embark on a search for a centuries-lost hidden treasure only to discover that the car crash that killed Darius' parents was not an accident. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Freak the Mighty. Simultaneous eBook.
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The real McCoys
by Matthew Swanson
A debut entry in a middle-grade mystery series by the creators of Ten Thousand Stories follows the experiences of boldly opinionated fourth-grader Moxie, who investigates her classmates as both friends and suspects when their beloved school mascot is abducted. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Ambrose deception
by Emily Ecton
Chosen to compete for a lucrative scholarship, an overlooked girl, an underachiever and a show-off begin traveling throughout Chicago to solve clues before discovering that the competition is a sham, a finding that compels the trio to secretly join forces. By the award-winning author of Project Jackalope. 35,000 first printing.
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Sherlock Holmes and the disappearing diamond
by Sam Hearn
While on a school trip to the British Arts & Antiquities Museum, John Watson and his friends from the Baker Street Academy get involved in a mystery when the Alpine Star, a famous diamond, is stolen
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The Parker inheritance
by Varian Johnson
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert
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Ernestine, catastrophe queen
by Merrill Wyatt
A take-charge, super-responsible girl helps her absentminded parents care for the eccentric residents at their artist retirement home, where she follows clues to solve a dangerous mystery. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Last Chance Hotel
by Nicki Thornton
An abandoned kitchen boy at a remote hotel dreams of becoming a master chef like his absent father before receiving an opportunity to secure his freedom at a secret meeting of talented magicians where he is challenged to prepare for their leader the greatest dessert he has ever tasted.
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A girl, a raccoon, and the midnight moon
by Karen Romano Young
Eleven-year-old Pearl Moran cannot imagine life without the historic but under-utilized branch of the New York Public Library where she was born (in the Memorial Room) and where her single mother works as the circulation librarian; the other librarians, the neighborhood people, the raccoons, and most of the 41,000 plus books all form the structure and essence of her life--but when someone cuts off the head of the library's statue of Edna St. Vincent Millay she realizes that the library is under attack, and it is up to her to save it
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Kat Wolfe investigates
by Lauren St. John
A sequel to Kat Wolfe Investigates finds Kat, Harper and their animal sidekicks investigating a suspicious death that coincides with the exciting discovery of a 200-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Notorious
by Gordon Korman
Moving to an unfamiliar island split between the United States and Canada, Keenan learns about the island’s Prohibition-era smuggling history from an unconventional neighbor who believes her dog has been murdered. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Rory Branagan, detective
by Andrew Clover
Ten-year-old Rory Branagan teams up with his neighbor, Cassidy Corrigan, and canine sidekick, Wilkins Welkin, to investigate his father's disappearance seven years before, but first gets caught up in neighborhood mysteries
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The Body Under the Piano
by Marthe Jocelyn
A middle grade mystery series inspired by the childhood of Agatha Christie and the creation of her most famous character, Hercule Poirot, follows the experiences of young Aggie Morton of 1902 England, who fatefully crosses paths with a 12-year-old Belgian immigrant at the same time they stumble into a murder scene. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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