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Behind
The Curtain
Peter Abrahams
An
avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped
wile investigating mysterious happening in her home town. (Series) |
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Wright
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Blue Balliet
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. (Series) |
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Grooves: A Kind of Mystery
Kevin
Brockmeier
After a seventh-grader
discovers that the grooves in his Thigpen-brand blue jeans are encoded
with a cry for help, he sets out to save the factory workers from greedy
entrepreneur Howard Thigpen
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Once Upon A Crime
Michael Buckley
When the fairy tale detectives rush to
new York City hoping to find an Everafter who can cure Puck, they trigger
a chain of events that includes a murder mystery and learn many new things
about their mother, who along with their father is still in an enchanted
sleep. (Series) |
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The Black Tower
Betsy
Byars
Herculeah Jones gets involved in
another dangerous mystery when she goes to visit old Mr. Shivers Hunt,
resident of the forbidding Hunt House. (Series) |
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Assassin
Grace Cavendish
Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace
Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder
mystery and clear the name of her betrothed. (Series)
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The Vanishing Act
John
Feinstein
Eight-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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Farewell My Lunchbag
Bruce Hale
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. (Series) |
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A Samurai Never Fears Death
Dorothy
Hoobler
Returning home to investigate
the possible connection of his family's tea shop with smugglers, Seikei,
now a samurai in eighteenth-century Japan, becomes involved in a murder at
a local puppet theater. (Series)
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Minerva Clark Gets A Clue
Karen
Karbo
A thirteen-year-old girl in
Portland, Oregon, loses all her self-doubt when she is zapped by
lightening and uses her newfound courage to solve a murder mystery.
(Series)
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Danger in the Dark
Tom
Lalicki
Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel, aided by
the famous magician Harry Houdini, plots to unmask a phony spirit advisor
attempting to relieve the boy's great-aunt of her fortune. (Ser |
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Hawkeye Collins and Amy Adams in the case of the
Chocolate Snatcher & Other Mysteries
M. Masters
Nine
short stories starring Hawkeye Collins and Amy Adams, two twelve-year-old
sleuths who solve mysteries using Hawkeye's sketches of important clues.
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The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes Is Missing
Alex
Simmons and Bill McCay
Archie Wiggins
is forced out of the Baker Street Irregulars and after forming another
band, he and his new cohorts investigate the disappearance of Sherlock
Holmes. (Series) |
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The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
Nancy
Springer
Pursued by her much older brother,
famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and
using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronet's
sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth century London. (Series) |
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The Mystery of the Yellow Hands
Jake
Thoene and Luke Thoene
The three
friends, Danny, Peachy and Duff, assist Sherlock Holmes in solving the
mysteries kidnapping of children in London during the 1880's. (Series)
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Fall of the Amazing Zalindas
Mark Tracy
The
ragamuffin boys known as the Baker Street irregulars help Sherlock Holmes
solve the mysterious deaths of a family of circus tightrope walkers.
(Series)
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Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things
Wendelin
Van Draanen
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. (Series) |
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Backstage Pass
Mary
Wilcox
Having
moved from Anaheim to Hollywood, California so her sister can star in a
television sitcom, shy and lonely Jessica tries to discover who is selling
unflattering stories about her sibling to the tabloids. |
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