Mystery
A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: A Case of the Double Trouble Detectives
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Back Cover Synopsis: Jigsaw Jones is the best detective around! Until his friend Reggie becomes a super spy! Reggie uses cool spy toys like night vision goggles to solve mysteries. But toys don't make the detective. It's time for a showdown. May the best detective win!
A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: The Case of the Kidnapped Candy
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Back Cover Synopsis: This case is no sweet treat! It's almost Valentine's Day and Ms. Gleason's class is writing poems about all the things they love: pets, practical jokes, surprises, and candy! But then the class's Valentine's Day candy stash disappears. There's more than one person with a sweet tooth in Ms. Gleason's class, so solving the mystery won't be easy. Can Jigsaw track down the candy-napper? Or will this case go from sweet to sour?
A to Z Mysteries: The Empty Envelope
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Back Cover Synopsis: Dink keeps getting letters addressed to "D. Duncan." But when he opens them, they all start "Dear Doris" and don't make any sense! Josh and Ruth Rose think someone's playing a trick on Dink. But Dink is sure there's more to it than that-especially after Doris Duncan shows up and demands her letters!
A to Z Mysteries: The Invisible Island
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Back Cover Synopsis: It's a beautiful day for a picnic! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose pack up a basket and was out to Squa Island to eat and explore. Before they can even spread their blanket, they find a hundred-dollar bill in the sand! But when the kids come back the next day, the entire island has mysteriously disappeared. What is the secret of Squaw Island?
A to Z Mystery: The Castle Crime
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Back Cover Synopsis: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose travel to London, England, for their first-ever adventure overseas. They are thrilled to see Big Ben, ride the London the London Eye, and tour Madame Tussauds was museum. Then big news hits-someone has stolen Queen Elizabeth's jewels right outside Windsor Castle! The kids head to the castle to check around for clues. But can three kids from Green Lawn possibly find evidence that Scotland Yard has missed?
A to Z Mysteries: The Haunted Hotel
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Back Cover Synopsis: A ghost has checked into the Shangri-la Hotel! It's almost Halloween, and reports of strange sounds and even stranger sights are coming from Green Lawn's only hotel. Every day, more and more guests are being scared away. Everyone else is getting scared, too! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must figure out what's going on and catch the ghost-before Green Lawn turns into a ghost town!
American Girls - A Felicity Mystery: Peril at King's Creek
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Back Cover Synopsis: Felicity is spending the summer of 1776 at her family's plantation, King's Creek, where she rides her beloved horse, Penny, every day. But Felicity soon hears frightening news that British soldiers are burning Patriot farms and stealing their animals. Could the British threaten King's Creek....and Penny?
American Girls - A Julie Mystery: Lost in the City
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Back Cover Synopsis: Julie is excited to take care of Lucy, a talking parrot, while her friend Ivy is away on vacation. But soon she realizes that she has taken on more than she can handle. Then Julie discovers that an old friend is hiding secrets from her. Could he be responsible for the strange things happening at Ivy's house? Or is someone-or something else-to blame?
American Girls - A Julie Mystery: The Silver Guitar
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Back Cover Synopsis: Julie gets involved in an auction to raise money for cleanup efforts after an oil spill threatens seabirds in the San Francisco Bay. She's thrilled that a valuable silver guitar that belonged to a rock star will be sold at the auction! Then her friend T.J. turns up in trouble and makes a terrible confession. As Julie sets out to prove T.J.'s innocence, the guitar beings to reveal its secrets-and Julie realizes they may be in danger.
American Girls - A Kirsten Mystery: The Runaway Friend
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Back Cover Synopsis: Kirsten has been living on the Minnesota frontier for only a few weeks when her neighbor and friend, Erik Sandahl, disappears. Erik had promised to help the Larsons at harvest time, and he owes Uncle Olav money. Has he run out on his promises? Everyone seems to think so-except Kirsten. Can she figure out what's happened to her friend?
American Girls - A Kit Mystery: A Thief in the Theater
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Back Cover Synopsis: Kit spends a week of her summer vacation volunteering at the local theater-she wants to write a newspaper article about a play that's opening soon. It even stars famous actors from New York City! But behind the scenes, Kit and her friend Stirling discover more drama than they bargained for.
American Girls - A Kit Mystery: Danger at the Zoo
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Back Cover Synopsis: Kit lands a summer job with her local newspaper. As she noses around the zoo gathering facts for a kid's column, Kit stumbles into some strange monkey-business. Her reporter's instincts tell her that she's onto something worth investigating-and she's determined to get the story!
American Girls - A Marie-Grace Mystery: The Haunted Opera
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Back Cover Synopsis: Marie-Grace is excited that a well-known English opera company will perform in New Orleans-at the same theater where she takes singing lessons from Aunt Oceane. Even better, her aunt has gotten a role in the opera! As Marie-Grace and her friend Cecile help out during rehearsals, they're thrilled to meet real opera stars and get a peek into theater life. But thrills turn to chills as the girls make disturbing discoveries behind the scenes!
Calendar Club Mysteries: The Case of the Missing Pumpkins
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Back Cover Synopsis: It's almost Halloween, and Dottie's pumpkin has disappeared from the front steps of her house. The Calendar Club is quick to get on the case. After all, what's Halloween without a pumpkin? But the three friends soon learn that Dottie's isn't the only gourd gone missing. Everyone all over town has had their pumpkins taken, too! Will the Calendar Club solve this strange mystery in time for the holiday?
Calendar Mysteries: September Sneakers
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Back Cover Synopsis: Bradley, Brian, Nate and Lucy have taken care of the first-grade class hamster, Goldi, for the summer. But on the first day of school, when they plan to bring her back, Goldi is missing! In place of her cage is a green-and-orange sneaker key chain. Soon, the kids spot green-and-orange sneakers all over Green Lawn. And other things have been disappearing around town, too. Can the four friends track down the sneaker sneak and get Goldi back?
Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery
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Back Cover Synopsis: It's time for a birthday celebration, but first, Cam Jansen must solve a mystery. The clue is in the story. Will you find it before Cam does? Will you solve the birthday mystery?
Cam Jansen: The Mystery at the Haunted House
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Back Cover Synopsis: A fun day at the amusement park turns into a mystery when Cam's Aunt Katie realizes that her wallet has been stolen. The Haunted House is full of toy black cats and plastic skeletons, but is something — or someone — far more frightening hiding inside?
Chet Gecko Mystery: From Russia with Lunch
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Back Cover Synopsis: Chet's latest case takes a turn for the weird when his favorite teacher is replaced by the Bibliomalgamator-a mechanical contraption invented by Emerson Hicky's newest staff member, a mysterious Russian scientist named Dr. Tanya Lightov. Suddenly, the whole school seems possessed by forces that are upsetting the natural order of thing. Teachers' pets are talking back, second graders are roughing up the sixth graders, a coven of witches has convened, and-weirdest of all-Chet's faithful partner and best friend, Natalie Attired, has abandoned him in his hour of need. Will Chet be able to restore his friendship with Natalie and bring Emerson Hicky Elementary back to, well, normal? One thing's for sure: When the supernatural and the high-tech collide, what's left behind is messier than week-old mothloaf in aphid sauce.
Chet Gecko Mystery: The Mystery of Mr. Nice
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Back Cover Synopsis: Chet Gecko's got the heart of an artist. He just doesn't have the talent. His classroom portraits get him an art show in the principal's office and face-to-face with a mystery right out of his nightmares: Principal Zero is nice to him. Now that's creepy. Worse, Zero is in cahoots with a pack of new teachers who are as crooked as the Mona Lisa's smile. They're up to something sinister, and only Chet and Natalie Attired, his mockingbird partner, can snoop out what's going on...and save the entire school!
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch
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Back Cover Synopsis: A cross-eyed baseball pitch... A missing penknife named Excalibur... Poems that pack a punch... A kid-lover tumed kidnapper... And some tall tales that come up short!
These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to crack the cases along with him — the answers to all the mysteries are found in the back!
Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
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Back Cover Synopsis: Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville's ten-year old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of police, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. Join Encyclopedia Brown as he solves ten of his most confounding mysteries, including a case that involves exciting martial arts, a wounded dog that sheds lights on a curious robbery, a stolen teapot that is shaped like a pig, and more. With the clues given in each case, readers will have a chance to solve the mystery themselves! Interactive and chock-full of interesting bits of information-it's a classic Encyclopedia Brown!
Geronimo Stilton #1: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
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