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Endangered species
Called to the scene of a plane crash on Cumberland Island, a national park off the coast of Georgia, park ranger Anna Pigeon sets out to investigate the cause of the accident and uncovers a sinister plot.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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The weed that strings the hangman's bag
3rd in the series. Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, sets out to solve the murder of a beloved puppeteer. All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can't solve--without Flavia's help.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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The girl in the clockwork collar
Journeying from London to America to rescue her kidnapped friend Jasper, Finley turns for help to English duke Griffin King to balance her dark and light magic while a devious bounty hunter threatens the life of the girl Jasper loves.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Bone mountain
#3 in the series. Shan Tao Yun, an exiled Chinese national and a former Beijing government Inspector, is caught between the brutal Chinese army and a Western oil company after leading an expedition to return the eye of an idol, located deep in the heart of Tibet, which was stolen nearly one hundred years earlier.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Spooks, spies, and private eyes : Black mystery, crime, and suspense fiction
Collection of mystery short stories and excerpts from longer works by African-American authors and black authors from other countries.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Jackie and the Shadow Snatcher
To retrieve his lost shadow, a brave little boy makes his way to the hideout of an infamous criminal and finds the shadows of many, held captive.
Lost
Non-Fiction - Elementary
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Sasquatch in the paint
Eighth-grader Theo Rollins' growth spurt has Coach Mandrake trying to transform him into a basketball star, but training time is hurting the science club's chances of winning the "Aca-lympics," and being accused of stealing could mean Theo is off both teams.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Cam Jansen and the barking treasure mystery
When a woman's poodle disappears during a boat ride around the city, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Cam Jansen and the chocolate fudge mystery
When Cam Jansen and her friend Eric uncover a mystery while selling fudge door-to-door to raise money for the local library, Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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ADL
Cam Jansen and the ghostly mystery
Cam uses her photographic memory to catch a thief disguised as a ghost.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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ADL
Cam Jansen and the mystery of the dinosaur bones
When she notices some bones missing from a dinosaur skeleton exhibited in the museum, a young girl with a photographic memory tries to discover who has been taking them and why.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The Wikkeling
In the city of Addition, where the children are safe and watched by cameras day and night, Henrietta, Gary, and Rose suffer from mysterious headaches, a wounded cat turns up in the attic, and a variety of other strange things occur.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The house with a clock in its walls
John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top-selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!.
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Audiobooks - Elementary
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Last shot
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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FUN
The Thief Lord
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
Lost
Audiobooks - Elementary
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The merchant of death - Audio #1
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, having learned he is a Traveler--someone who can ride "flumes" through time and space--is soon off to the alternative dimension of Denduron where he teams up with Loor, a girl his age from the warrior-territory of Zadaa, in an attempt to save the gentle Milago people from slavery.
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Audiobooks - Elementary
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Sammy Keyes and the art of deception
Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
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Audiobooks - Elementary
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Sammy Keyes and the curse of Moustache Mary
While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud.
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Audiobooks - Elementary
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Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
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Audiobooks - Elementary
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VAN
Sammy Keyes and the skeleton man
On Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.
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Audiobooks - Elementary
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City of orphans
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The man who was Poe
In Providence, R.I., in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly investigates the problems of eleven-year-old Edmund, whose family has mysteriously disappeared and whose story suggests a new Poe tale with a ghastly final twist.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Murder at midnight
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Who stole the Wizard of Oz?
Becky and her brother use some ingenious clues to identify the person who stole five children's books from the town's library.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Windcatcher
While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's at the Connecticut shore, eleven-year-old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of sunken treasure in the area and starts following a couple who seem to be making a mysterious search for something.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Kneeknock Rise
From the moment young Egan arrives in Instep, he senses the spell cast over the villagers by the Megrimum--the mysterious something that lurks on the mist-wreathed peak of Kneeknock Rise and soon he is climbing the peak for answers.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The door to time / #1
After moving from London to an old mansion on the English coast, eleven-year-old twins Jason and Julia discover that their new home has twisting tunnels, strange artifacts from around the world, and a mysterious, locked door.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
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The long-lost map / #2
Eleven-year-old twins Jason and Julia, along with their friend Rick, find themselves in ancient Egypt in search of an important map after going through a magical door in their old English mansion.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Chasing Vermeer / #1
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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BAL
Hold fast
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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BAL
Pieces and Players / #4
"Thirteen extremely valuable pieces of art have been stolen from one of the most secretive museums in the world. ... Calder, Petra, and Tommy are no strangers to heists and puzzles. Now they've been matched with two new sleuths -- Zoomy, a very small boy with very thick glasses, and Early, a girl who treasures words . . . and has a word or two to say about the missing treasure. The kids have been drawn in by the very mysterious Mrs. Sharpe, who may be playing her own kind of game with the clues. And it's not just Mrs. Sharpe who's acting suspiciously -- there's a ghost who mingles with the guards in the museum, a cat who acts like a spy, and bystanders in black jackets who keep popping up"--Dust jacket.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The Wright 3 / #2
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The case of the case of mistaken identity / #1
Twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective and must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Danger goes berserk / #4
As soon as twelve-year-old Steve Brixton opens a detective office in his backyard, he and his best friend Dana are caught up in a tangle of cases, from breaking up a ring of piratical smugglers, to recovering a stolen surfboard, to tracking down a fifth-grader's missing gym shorts.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The ghostwriter secret / #2
Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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It happened on a train / #3
Seventh-grader Steve Brixton finds himself pulled back into sleuthing when, during a train trip down the California coast, he uncovers a mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, an assassin, and a private rail car.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Ivy + Bean Take the Case / #10
After watching a movie about a detective on the television, Bean decides to set up shop as a private investigator--and she and Ivy start looking for mysteries to solve.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The drum, the doll, and the zombie
When thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass try to uncover what is draining the life from the elderly Dr. Coote, they find themselves facing the forces of a manacing voodoo cult.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The puzzling world of Winston Breen
Winston Breen loves solving puzzles; and when his sister uncovers a twenty-five-year-old scavenger hunt--which leads to a ring worth thousands of dollars--he and his family jump at the opportunity to solve it.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Mysteries according to Humphrey
After learning about Sherlock Holmes, Humphrey the classroom hamster follows clues to try to discover why Mrs. Brisbane is gone and Mr. E, a fun but not very educational substitute, is taking her place in Room 26 at Longfellow School.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Masterpiece
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Shakespeare's secret
Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Freddy the detective
Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of a missing toy train.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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BUC
Enemy in the fort
In 1754, with her own parents taken captive, twelve-year-old Rebecca must confront her fear and hatred of the Abenaki when a boy raised by members of that tribe is brought to the fort at Charleston, New Hampshire, just before a series of thefts occurs.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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BUC
The inside story / #8
Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck, stuck in the Book of Everafter, set out to save their baby brother and are confronted by the book's guardian, who threatens them if they do not stick to their stories.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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BUC
Magic and other misdemeanors #5
Fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm try to find out who is stealing the magical possessions of the most powerful Everafters in town.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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BUC
Once upon a crime #4
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm return to New York City to investigate the death of an important Everafter, and discover a secret that might lead them to the Scarlet Hand.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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CAM
Julian, secret agent
When Julian, his little brother Huey, and their friend Gloria decide to be "crime busters," they find themselves in one adventure after another.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Zombie penpal
Asks the reader to choose the plot line in a story in which the main character begins to suspect the new girl at school is a pen pal who sent letters about zombies in New Orleans and has not been heard from since Hurricane Katrina.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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CHO
Blood on the handle
The reader, in the role of the orphaned nephew of Uncle Morgan, chooses the course of the action in a story in which Uncle Morgan disappears, leaving behind a bloody dagger stabbed through the carpet.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Skateboard tough
Brett's skateboarding abilities dramatically improve after using the Lizard, a skateboard mysteriously unearthed in his front yard, but his friends start to wonder if the skateboard is haunted.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Presents six classic short stories for young readers featuring Sherlock Holmes and his trusted friend Dr. Watson. Includes review questions.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Powerless
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Shadows on Society Hill : an Addy mystery
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy, a former slave, discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she escaped from only two years earlier. Includes an educational section on Reconstruction.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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CRO
The case of the weird blue chicken : the next misadventure
When a weird blue chicken comes to Chicken Squad headquarters for help, siblings Dirt, Sugar, and Sweetie help find her missing house.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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The Chicken Squad : the first misadventure
Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy and Sugar, the chicks of the Chicken Squad, must figure out what Tail the squirrel is so afraid of.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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CRO
The legend of Diamond Lil : a J.J. Tully mystery
JJ, the search and rescue dog, is ready for a bit of rest and relaxation after solving the mystery of the missing chicks, but there is a new dog next door who is stealing the attention of Moosh and her chicks and the threat of a roaming possum keeps JJ on the alert.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Mr. Chickee's funny money
Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
CUR
Mr. Chickee's messy mission
Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter and his friends Russell and Richelle follow Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome, only to find the mysterious Mr. Chickee on the other side.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
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The London Eye mystery
When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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Shadows of the silver screen
At the dawn of the age of silent films, a mysterious filmmaker proposes turning Montgomery Flinch's sinister stories into motion pictures and, with Monty as the star, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events of which only Penny can uncover the cause.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
EDG
Twelve minutes to midnight
Thirteen-year-old Penelope, the secret author of macabre tales in "The Penny Dreadful," Victorian London's bestselling magazine, investigates the mystery of a strange phenomenon occurring in the local insane asylum.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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ENR
Spiderweb for two : a Melendy maze
Left alone when Rush, Mark, and Mona go away to boarding school, Randy and Oliver are lonely and bored until a mysterious letter brings the first of many clues to a mystery that takes all winter to solve.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
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Mystery of the Kaifeng Scroll : a Vivi Hartman adventure
Fifteen-year-old Aviva travels to Istanbul to vacation with her mother, but when she arrives to find her mother missing, Vivi must trust an Arab girl, as well as her own knowledge of Torah, to unravel the mystery.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
FEI
Change-up : mystery at the World Series
While covering the World Series, teen reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol uncover some inconsistencies in the life story of a popular, new pitcher and begin to investigate.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
FEI
Last shot : a Final Four mystery
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
FEI
Vanishing act
Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
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Unstoppable Octobia May
In 1953 ten-year-old Octobia May lives in her Aunt's boarding house in the South, surrounded by an African American community which has its own secrets and internal racism, and spends her days wondering if Mr. Davenport in room 204 is really a vampire--or something else entirely.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
FUN
The Thief Lord
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
GAN
From Norvelt to nowhere
After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the founder of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack accompanies his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on a cross-country run as she pursues the oddest of outlaws.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
GIB
Belly up
Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
GIB
Poached
Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.
Holding
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
GIB
Space Case : A Moon Base Alpha Novel / #1
"Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors"--Provided by publisher.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
GRI
Theodore Boone : kid lawyer
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
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Thriller
A collection of short fiction mysteries and thrillers, with selections by Gennifer Choldenko, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Matt de la Peña, and others.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAA
Chase
Phin Chase, an orphaned stable boy in Pennsylvania in the aftermath of the Civil War, must go on the run to save his life after accidentally witnessing the murder of a mine boss by a secret society of Irishmen known as the Sleepers.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAD
The house on the gulf
A sixteen-year-old boy arranges a housesitting job for the summer, but he starts acting strangely after his family moves in, and his sister begins to suspect they are not supposed to be there.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAL
The big nap : from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye
Someone is turning the students at Emerson Hickey Elementary into zombies, and it's up to fourth-grade private eye Chet Gecko to find out who.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAL
The chameleon wore chartreuse : from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye
When hired by a fellow fourth-grader to find her missing brother, Chet Gecko uncovers a plot involving a Gila monster's revenge upon the school football team.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAL
Farewell, my lunchbag : from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye
When fourth-grade private eye Chet Gecko is called to catch someone who is stealing food from the school cafeteria, he finds himself framed for the crime.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAL
The hamster of the Baskervilles : from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye
Something is trashing the classrooms at Emerson Hicky Elementary School, and sixth-grade private eye Chet Gecko sets out to find the creature that's responsible.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAL
The mystery of Mr. Nice : from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye
When the principal of his school begins acting nice to him, Chet Gecko realizes that he is an imposter and so sets out to find the real one.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAL
Princess Academy / The Forgotten Sisters / #3
Miri is eager to return to her beloved Mount Eskel after a year at the capital, but the king and queen ask her to first journey to a distant swamp and start her own miniature princess academy for three royal cousins, but once there she must solve a mystery before she can return home.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAR
13 Treasures / #1
Bedeviled by evil fairies that only she can see, thirteen-year-old Tanya is sent to stay with her cold and distant grandmother at Elvesden Manor, where she and the caretaker's son solve a disturbing mystery that leads them to the discovery that Tanya's life is in danger.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HAR
Shadow horse
Thirteen-year-old Jas tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse, Whirlwind.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HOR
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-- detectives extraordinaire!
Middle-schooler Madeline's hippy parents have been kidnapped from Hornby Island, Canada, by foxes and Madeline, upon discovering that she can understand animal languages, hires two rabbit detectives to find them.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HOW
Eat your poison, dear : a Sebastian Barth mystery
Young sleuth Sebastian and three friends probe the mystery of a poisoning in their school cafeteria.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HOW
Nighty-nightmare
When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
HOW
Return to Howliday Inn
The Monroe family pets are again boarded at Chateau Bow-Wow, where some spooky goings-on serve as a distraction from the kennel's poor food.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
IBB
The Star of Kazan
Annika, a twelve-year-old foundling in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, and soon afterwards a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
The bungalow mystery
Nancy investigates her friend's guardians, who are trying to steal her inheritance.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
The clue in the diary
Nancy uses a lost diary to exonerate an innocent prisoner.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
The clue in the old stagecoach
Despite threats against her life, Nancy pursues the search for a clue in an antique stagecoach that may be of great value to the people of Francisville.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
The clue of the tapping heels
Nancy Drew tries to find a clue to the strange tapping sounds in the house of a retired actress.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
The clue of the velvet mask
When a gang that uses parties as a cover for robberies victimizes a masquerade party Nancy is attending, the teenage detective switches identity with a friend to solve the case.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
The mystery at Lilac Inn
Nancy finds herself in danger when she tries to solve the mystery of the old inn, believed to be jinxed.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
The secret of the old clock
Nancy rescues a child from a bad fall and then gets involved in a search for a missing will.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEE
A taste of danger
Nancy Drew and her friends investigate when the Gourmet Getaway is sabotaged.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KEH
Terror at the zoo
Twelve-year-old Ellen and her younger brother Corey are excited about their overnight camp-out at the zoo, until they discover that they are locked inside with a desperate escaped convict.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KES
North of nowhere
After her grandfather mysteriously disappears, Mia and her mother go to the seaside village of Porthaven to help her grandmother, but Mia begins to feel an urgency about finding her grandfather when a girl she tries to befriend remains aloof and gives strange excuses about why she is stuck at home.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KLI
Letters from camp
Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KOR
Chasing the Falconers / #1
Aiden and Meg Falconer must escape from a juvenile detention center in order to prove their parents innocent of charges which would put them in jail for life.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KOR
Now you see them, now you don't / #3
Aiden and Meg Falconer travel across the country in pursuit of Frank Lindenauer, who may hold the key to freeing their parents; however, the FBI is also on his trail.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
KOR
Public enemies / #5
Aiden and Meg set out to prove their parents are not criminals as the are chased from state to state by the FBI and a killer called Hairless Joe.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
LAW
The pirates of Pompeii
At a refugee camp following the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried Pompeii, Flavia and her friends discover that children are disappearing and a very powerful citizen might be involved.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
LAW
The thieves of Ostia : a Roman mystery
In Rome in the year 79 A.D., a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog -- and why.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
LEN
Troubling a star
As she tries to stay alive after being left on an iceberg in the Antarctic, sixteen-year-old Vicky recalls the series of events that brought her to the bottom of the world and involved her in a dangerous mystery.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
LET
No place like Holmes
Griffin, excited to spend the summer with his uncle who lives at 221 Baker Street, is let down when he realizes he lives in the flat next door to Sherlock Holmes and is not the well-known detective, but instead an eccentric inventor, but his feelings about the trip begin to change when he is faced with a strange mystery and uses the man's inventions to crack the case.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MAC
Black water #5
Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon places himself, his friends, and the people of Halla in danger in order to protect the territories from a mysterious plague. #5 in series.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MAC
The lost city of Faar #2
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, apprentice to his Uncle Press, a Traveler responsible for solving interdimensional conflict, tries to locate the legendary lost land of Faar which may hold the key to the survival of the water-covered territory of Cloral, which stands on the brink of war. #2 in series.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MAC
The merchant of death #1
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, having learned he is a Traveler--someone who can ride "flumes" through time and space, is soon off to the alternative dimension of Denduron where he teams up with Loor, a girl his age from the warrior-territory of Zadaa, in an attempt to save the gentle Milago people from slavery. #1 in series.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MAC
The Never War #3
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon and Spader from the planet Cloral journey back in time to 1937 New York City to uncover a plot by the evil Saint Dane. #3 in series.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MAC
The reality bug #4
Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon enters a virtual world to defeat the evil Saint Dane and finds himself tempted to leave the real world behind. #4 in series.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MAC
The fall of the Amazing Zalindas
The ragamuffin boys known as the Baker Street Irregulars help Sherlock Holmes solve the mysterious deaths of a family of circus tightrope walkers.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MAC
The final meeting
Sherlock Holmes forms a complex plan to take apart the criminal network of Professor Moriarty, and as the Baker Street Irregulars follows Holmes across Europe in an attempt to lend assistance, Moriarty's henchmen try to remove the Irregulars from the equation.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MED
The spray-paint mystery
Third-grader Cameron, anxious to prove that he can be a great detective like his dad, sets out with the help of his friend Tarann, to discover who has been painting graffiti on the school walls.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MIL
Greenglass House
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winterholidays relaxing, but soon guests are arriving with strangestories about the house that send Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MOS
The pharaoh's secret
Talibah and her younger brother Adom travel to Egypt with their archaeologist father, where they stumble upon the story of a lost pharaoh, a rare queen who lead Egypt for years but has been erased from history, and try to restore her to her rightful place among the country's ancient rulers.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
NAY
The bomb in the Bessledorf bus depot
After several bombs go off around town, eleven-year-old Bernie Magruder becomes suspicious of various members of his family, causing confusion in Officer Feeney's investigation and around the hotel that his parents run.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
NIL
Detective Gordon : the first case
Detective Gordon, a toad, is on the case when someone keeps stealing the squirrel's nuts.
Due 01/10/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
PAS
Mistakes were made / #1
Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
PAS
Now look what you've done / #2
Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps the nation, is about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
PAS
We Meet Again / #3
Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps the nation, is about to master global domination right after he solves the case involving the coveted Miracle Report at school.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
PEA
Becoming Holmes / The Boy Sherlock Holmes / #6
After losing his father, and the removal of the object of his affections, Irene Doyle, to America, young Sherlock Holmes seeks the help of his brother Mycroft to put an end to the villainy of his enemy the Malefactor.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
PEA
Eye of the Crow / The Boy Sherlock Holmes / #1
In 1867, Sherlock Holmes, an impoverished young outcast with a Jewish father and a highborn mother, visits the scene of a woman's brutal murder, where he meets a wrongly accused young Arab and becomes a suspect himself.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
PEA
The Secret Fiend / The Boy Sherlock Holmes / #4
Holmes is approached by the beautiful Beatrice to help locate her friend who was abducted by the evil Spring Heeled Jack on Westminster Bridge.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
PET
Omega City
To save her father's reputation, Gillian Seagret must explore Omega City, a vast doomsday bunker deep inside the Earth.
Available
Regular
J
PIN
The Werewolf Club meets the Hound of the Basketballs / #4
The Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club goes on a field trip to Basketball Hall, where Sir Hugo hopes they will solve the mystery of the hound which has plagued his family for generations.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
RAS
The mysterious disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel)
The disappearance of her husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
RAS
The Westing game
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.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROB
Thumb and the bad guys
Leon and his friend Susan discover something suspicious going on in their tiny little village of New Auckland, and soon find themselves involved in an archeological mystery.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROB
Rebel
When her grandmother decides to ditch assisted living and start a boarding house, fourteen-year-old Amanda Jane Keeling, or Rebel, signs on for the work crew, where she just happens to meet a teenaged boy taller than she is and to embroil them both in a mystery.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROB
Scared stiff
When their mother disappears, two brothers go to stay with a great uncle in a mobile home park next to an abandoned amusement park and begin a search which puts them in danger.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROB
The view from the cherry tree
Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him--except the murderer.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The absent author
Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The bald bandit
Third-grader Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The canary caper
Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The deadly dungeon
While visiting Wallis's castle, Dink and his friends investigate strange noises that lead them to a dangerous secret.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The empty envelope
Dink and his friends unearth the mysterious truth behind the envelopes incorrectly delivered to his house.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The falcon's feathers
Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The goose's gold
When Ruth Rose and her friends, vacationing in Florida, discover that her grandmother is about to invest in a project to recover sunken treasure, they stumble upon evidence that the entire plan may be a fraud.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The haunted hotel
When the guests of the Shangri-La Hotel are scared away by a white-haired female ghost, Dink and his friends investigate the mystery.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The invisible island
While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The jaguar's jewel
Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren's museum in New York City.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The kidnapped king
Dink and his friends meet an exchange student, Sammi, who is actually the prince of an island country, hiding from those enemies who have kidnapped his parents and who may be after him as well.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
Mayflower treasure hunt
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Plymouth, Massachusetts for Thanksgiving, they uncover a mystery that dates back to the landing of the Pilgrims.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The missing mummy
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The New Year dragon dilemma
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are enjoying a visit to San Francisco when Holden, their college-age tour guide, is accused of abducting Miss Chinatown from the Chinese New Year parade and stealing her valuable crown.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The ninth nugget
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The orange outlaw
While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The panda puzzle
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the kidnapping of the new baby panda at the petting zoo.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The quicksand question
When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The runaway racehorse
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The school skeleton
At Green Lawn Elementary, the entire school becomes involved in a mystery when Mr. Bones, the skeleton in the nurse's office, disappears.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
Sleepy Hollow sleepover
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are enjoying Halloween fun in Sleepy Hollow, New York, but when unplanned spooky things start happening, they investigate whether a real headless horseman might be to blame.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The talking T. Rex
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The unwilling umpire
When the umpire at the baseball game fundraiser is accused of stealing a collection of autographed baseballs, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose try to prove his innocence.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The vampire's vacation
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate a mysterious man in black who Josh believes is a vampire.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
White House white-out
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose head out to see the sights of Washington, D.C. in the snow in December, and meet KC, the president's stepdaughter, and her friend Marshall, and when the president's dog goes missing, the kids head into the dusk to search as the snowstorm increases.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The White Wolf
While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The X'ed-out X-ray
Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink attend a concert during which someone steals the star's diamond pendant, and they are soon on the trail of the thief.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The yellow yacht
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen gold from Sammi's parents, the king and queen of Costra.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ROY
The zombie zone
Reports of zombies and grave-robbers alarm the people of a Louisiana swampland village, but Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink begin to suspect that the supernatural may not be the cause of the eerie occurrences.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SCH
The spy in the attic
After he sees some unusual late-night deliveries, Martin's active imagination has him and his friends convinced that the man who has recently moved into the attic apartment should be watched.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SNI
"When did you see her last?"
Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket and his mentor S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea go searching for a missing girl.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SNI
"Who could that be at this hour?"
Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of Pablo's nose
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.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the dead eagles
The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the disgusting sneakers
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.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the jumping frogs
Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective extraordinaire, solves ten new cases, including "The Case of the Miracle Pill," "The Case of Nemo's Tuba," "The Case of the Lawn Mower Races," and "The Case of the Air Guitar." Solutions provided at the end of each chapter.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the midnight visitor
America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers tackles ten new cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the mysterious handprints
The ten-year-old detective continues his war on crime in Idaville through ten more cases, for which the reader is invited to guess the solution before it is revealed.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret pitch
Idaville's ten-year-old "Sherlock Holmes" solves ten mystery cases.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
SOB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the sleeping dog
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.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
STE
The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, a boy without parents and afflicted with an unfortunate nose and narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
STI
Singing sensation
Geronimo Stilton and his detective friend, Hercule Poirat, investigate when Geronimo receives positive feedback at the Song Festival but fails to sell a lot of CDs.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
STI
Thea Stilton and the mountain of fire
Thea's friends the Thea Sisters travel to Australia where the investigate why the sheep at Nicky's family's ranch are losing their wool.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
STI
Thea Stilton and the dancing shadows
Thea Stilton's group The Thea Sisters travel to Italy for a ballet competition and try to uncover the group who is plotting to rig the contest.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
STO
Casebook of a private (cat's) eye
Feline detective Eileen O'Kelly investigates the murder of chef Madame Jewel.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
STR
The hand of the necromancer
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass battle an evil wizard for possession of a bewitched hand which can be used to rule the world.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
TAT
The secret of Gumbo Grove
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.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
Vespers Rising / [39 clues #11]
Amy and Dan Cahill were never warned about the Vespers, powerful enemies, but when they rise from the shadows to seek out the Clues, the Cahills learn more about the legacy left to them by their grandmother, Grace. Includes six game cards.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
Day of doom / Cahills vs. Vespers - #6
Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his sister, Amy, figure out Vesper One's endgame and realize they must stop the organization from using their ransoms to harm millions of people.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The Black Circle / [ 39 Clues #5 ]
A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and launches them in a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth behind the murder of the last Russian royal family.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
Into the Gauntlet / [39 Clues #10]
Amy and Dan Cahill face their greatest challenge on their quest to find the thirty-nine clues, but in order to discover the secrets of their lineage they will have to make a choice that could impact the world's future.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The black book of buried secrets
Explores the hidden facts, dangerous missions, top agents, and secret hideaways of the Cahill family's desperate hunt for the thirty-nine clues that will lead them to the secret of world domination.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The emperor's code / [39 Clues #8]
Amy and Dan are separated while trying to retrieve a clue which is guarded by thousands of soldiers and worry they cannot succeed apart.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The Medusa plot / Cahills Vs. Vespers, Book #1
Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought the search for the thirty-nine clues leading to the source of their family's power was over, but when Cahills are kidnapped by the Vespers, Amy and Dan find themselves with only a few day to fulfill a bizarre ransom request before their friends start dying.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
One false note [39 Clues #2]
Amy and Dan Cahill are in the lead to find thirty-nine clues that safeguard a great power, and are in possession of a coded sheet of Mozart's music that will help them find the next clue while their relatives follow in close pursuit. Does not include game cards.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The Dead of Night /Cahills vs. Vespers, Book #3
Siblings Amy and Dan must find another way to outwit the Vespers when they target and kidnap Dan's only friend, eleven-year-old Atticus.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The sword thief [39 Clues #3]
Orphans Amy and Dan Cahill, continuing their worldwide quest to track down the thirty-nine clues that will reveal the secret of the Cahill family's power, follow a link to one of the planet's strongest fighters, and have a run-in with the unreliable Alistair.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The viper's nest [39 Clues #7]
Amy and Dan travel to a distant land to follow in the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet, a military leader who teaches them the art of ancient warfare.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
Storm Warning / [39 Clues #9]
Amy and Dan Cahill continue to hunt for clues while reeling from the knowledge of what happened the night their parents died, and they wonder if the end is near as they try to learn the secret behind Grace Cahill's alternate will.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
Trust No One / Cahills vs. Vespers, Book #5
Siblings Amy and Dan must find out who the Vesper mole is in their innermost circle.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
The maze of bones [39 Clues #1]
Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family, try to uncover the thirty-nine clues which will reveal the secrets of their lineage and find out what really happened to their parents.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
Shatterproof / Cahills vs. Vespers, #4
Vesper One commands Dan and Amy Cahill to steal the Golden Jubilee, one of the world's largest diamonds, but what they do not know is that the Jubilee theft is just a setup and someone is going to die.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
Beyond the grave [39 Clues #4]
Amy and Dan, following a clue found in Book 3, set out to uncover details about the origins of the rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of their family, not realizing they are headed right into the hands of the enemy.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
In too deep [39 Clues #6]
Amy and Dan continue their search for the clues and cross oceans amid ruthless enemies and dangerous truths while following the trail of a famous aviator.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
THI
A king's Ransom / Cahills vs. Vespers, #2
Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister Amy race against time to find an ancient map that has not been seen for half a century and use it to redeem their family members who have been kidnapped by a sinister organization called the Vespers.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
TUR
Three times lucky
Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the art of deception
Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the curse of Moustache Mary
While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood mummy
A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is murdered, but thirteen-year-old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the runaway elf
After a dog she is watching disappears from a city parade and the owner receives a ransom note, thirteen-year-old Sammy must use her detective skills to solve the mystery.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the search for Snake Eyes
When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy
Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the skeleton man
On Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
VAN
Sammy Keyes and the wild things
While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WAL
The twin in the tavern
A young orphan, afraid of being sent to the workhouse, finds himself at the mercy of the unsavory owner of a tavern in Alexandria, Virginia, while he tries to solve the mystery surrounding his past and a missing twin.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WAR
The Niagara Falls mystery
While sightseeing in Niagara Falls, the Boxcar children investigate a rash of souvenir store thefts.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WAR
The boxcar children summer special
Contains three mystery novels featuring the Boxcar children; including "The Mystery at the Ballpark," "The Mystery of the Hidden Beach," and "The Summer Camp Mystery."
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WAR
The boxcar children winter special
A collection of three mysteries in which the Boxcar Children face snow, ice, and cold as they set out on their latest adventures, including finding out who is trying to ruin the fun at a winter carnival, discovering a secret in the snowy wilderness, and solving puzzles at an old-fashioned New England inn.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WHY
Little Wolf : forest detective #4
Through a series of letters to his parents, Little Wolf relates his adventures as a member of Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency, crime solvers of the Frettnin Forest, as they investigate a series of mysterious disappearances.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WRI
The dollhouse murders
A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night, and dolls that have moved from where she last left them, lead Amy and her mentally handicapped sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
YEP
The case of the firecrackers
When a prop gun used during the making of a television show turns out to have real bullets, twelve-year-old Lily Lew and Auntie, her movie actress great-aunt, comb San Francisco's Chinatown in search of the culprit responsible for loading the gun.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
YEP
The case of the Goblin Pearls
Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, join forces to solve the theft of some priceless pearls and stop the operator of a sweatshop in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
P
ADL
Bones and the cupcake mystery
Detective Jeffrey Bones finds he does not need fancy equipment to solve the school-lunch mystery of Not Me Amy's missing cupcake.
Available
Picture Book - Elementary
P
ADL
Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach mystery
Cam uses her photographic memory and her brain to solve two mysteries at the beach, involving a missing mother and a missing set of papers.
Lost
Picture Book - Elementary
P
ADL
Young Cam Jansen and the pizza shop mystery
When Cam, her friend Eric, and her father stop for pizza while they are at the mall, Cam must rely on her photographic memory to locate her missing jacket.
Available
Picture Book - Elementary
P
BAS
The eleventh hour : a curious mystery
An elephant's eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour; but when the time to eat arrives, the birthday feast has disappeared. The reader is invited to guess the thief.
Overdue
Picture Book - Elementary
P
CUS
Inspector Hopper
Inspector Hopper and his perpetually hungry assistant McBugg solve three mysteries for their insect friends.
Available
Picture Book - Elementary
P
OMA
Captain Raptor and the moon mystery
Captain Raptor and his spaceship crew rush to investigate when an unidentified object lands on one of the moons of the planet Jurassica.
Available
Picture Book - Elementary
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Nate the Great
Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture.
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Nate the Great and me : the case of the fleeing fang
The reader is asked to help Nate the Great solve the mystery of his friend Annie's missing dog Fang.
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Nate the Great and the monster mess
Nate and his dog Sludge are determined to find the recipe for his mother's monster cookies.
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Nate the Great and the tardy tortoise
As more and more of his flowers display the bite marks of a wandering tortoise, Nate sets out to uncover the mystery of the reptile's origins.
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Nate the Great goes undercover
Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.
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Nate the Great saves the King of Sweden
As Nate the Great sets to work on his first international case, he searches for a lost "something" and saves the King of Sweden from a troublesome traveler.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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Nate the Great, San Francisco detective
Nate the Great goes to San Francisco to solve a mystery with his cousin, Olivia Sharp, who is also a detective.
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Who is the mystery reader? : the big story!
As Zoom Squirrel and his friends try to identify the mystery reader, they learn about books, how they are written, and how to read--while sharing a-corny jokes.
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Picture Book - Elementary