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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A spoonful of murder
by Robin Stevens
"When her baby brotherÂ’s nanny is killed, Hazel Wong, who has been framed for the murder, must prove her innocence with the help of her best friend Daisy Wells, in a case that leads them through the busy streets of Hong Kong to find the dangerous truth. Simultaneous eBook."
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Wreck at Ada's reef
by Michael D. Beil
Twelve-year-old Lark Heron-Finch inherits a house on Swallowtail Island in Lake Erie, where she untangles a decades-old mystery and saves the island from unscrupulous developers
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Book scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Delightedly moving to San Francisco, 12-year-old Emily longs to meet a favorite author who lives nearby and who is savagely attacked just before the release of his latest online puzzle series.
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The case of the stolen space suit
by
Steven Brezenoff
When the spacesuit of famous astronaut Sally Ride disappears from a traveling exhibit, Amal Farah, daughter of the Air and Space Museum's archivist, and her three friends, are determined to find the culprit before the exhibit is cancelled
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The usual suspects by Maurice Broaddus Tired of being labeled as a ""Special Ed"" kid, Thelonius Mitchell is wrongly implicated when a gun is found at his neighborhood hangout, prompting his effort to clear his name with the help of his computer geek best friend.
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Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. BunceStudying law and science using her parents’ books and materials, unusual 12-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle diligently analyzes the scene of an eccentric neighbor’s suspicious death to prove that the woman was murdered and bring her killer to justice--with the assistance of her equally unusual governess and the murdered neighbor's cat.
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The midnight tunnel : a Suzanna Snow mystery
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Angie Frazier
In 1905, Suzanna is in training to be a well-mannered hostess at a Loch Harbor, New Brunswick, hotel, but her dream of being a detective gets a boost when a seven-year-old guest goes missing and Suzanna's uncle, a famous detective, comes to solve the case
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Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter
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Space case
by
Stuart Gibbs
Living on a moon base along with his famous fellow lunarnauts, 12-year-old Dashiell Gibson investigates the suspicious death of a top scientist who was on the verge of an important new discovery. By the author of Belly Up.
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Mr. Lemoncello's all-star breakout game by Chris Grabenstein When Mr. Lemoncello launches a library-inspired game show on the world-famous Kidzapalooza Television Network, Kyle Keeley, determined to become one of the game's first live competitors, joins a team to solve puzzles that prove unexpectedly challenging.
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Theodore Boone, kid lawyer
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John Grisham
In the small city of Strattenburg there are many lawyers, and thirteen-year-old Theo Boone thinks he is one of them, but his inside knowledge of the justice system means trouble when a cold-blooded killer is about to go free and only Theo can stop him
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The strangers
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Told from separate viewpoints, Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone, ages twelve, ten, and eight, investigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties to an alternate world
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Big Bad Detective Agency by Bruce Hale Accused of ransacking the houses of three not-so-little pigs, Wolfgang is given one day by the ruler of Fairyland to find the real culprit, an effort that is assisted by a fourth pig. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of the Chet Gecko Mysteries.
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The Parker inheritance
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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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Charlie & Frog : a mystery
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Karen Kane
While staying with his grandparents in Castle-on-the-Hudson, Charlie stumbles upon a mystery but must learn American Sign Language to keep up with Frog, a deaf girl who wants to help solve it
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The mysterious moonstone by Eric Luper When a friend disappears inside the pages of a secret collection of magical books, Cleo and Evan go undercover to track down clues about a stolen diamond and the missing key that will help them escape.
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The football fiasco
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Mike Lupica
"Zach and Zoe find their recess football deflated from a hole near the laces, and set off in search of clues to discover how it happened"
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The great cake mystery : Precious Ramotswe's very first case by Alexander McCall Smith Considering a future as a detective years before the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is established, 8-year-old Precious Ramotswe investigates the disappearance of a piece of cake when she believes that a young boy has been wrongly accused of stealing it as well as perpetrating a series of playground thefts, in a young reader's spin-off of the popular adult mystery series.
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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.
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The first case
by
Ulf Nilsson
When Vladimir the squirrel's stockpile of nuts disappears, the portly Detective Gordon deputizes his young, enthusiastic friend Buffy the mouse to help him discover the identity of the thieves
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The Westing game
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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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Sunnyside Plaza by Scott SimonLiving in a community center for people with disabilities, Sally teams up with a pair of detectives when a series of tragic events suspiciously ends the lives of fellow residents.
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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.
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Friday Barnes, girl detective by R. A. Spratt Using reward money for solving a bank robbery to attend the nation's most exclusive boarding school, Friday Barnes tackles mysteries ranging from disappearing homework and a yeti in a nearby swamp to the reason the school's most handsome boy inexplicably hates her.
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First class murder by Robin StevensTaking a vacation across Europe on board the world-famous Orient Express, Hazel and Daisy hear rumors about a spy in their midst before a ruby-clad passenger is found dead with no signs of how the killer escaped. By the author of Murder Is Bad Manners.
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The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict
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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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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.
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Mystery on Museum Mile : Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and a talent for drawing anything he sees, so when the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case.
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