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The Mysterious Benedict Society The Dollhouse Murders Mysterious Benedict Society #1 by Betty Ren Wright (+ WRIGHT, BETTY) by Trenton Lee Stewart (+STEWART, TRENTON #1) A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children night and dolls that have moved from where she last left Forest Grove City Library are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go them lead Amy and her sister to unravel the mystery sur- undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlight- rounding grisly murders that took place years ago. ened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. The Forbidden Stone The Copernicus Legacy #1 The London Eye Mystery The Underdogs by Tony Abbott (+ABBOTT, TONY #1) by Siobhan Dowd (+ DOWD, SIOBHAN) by Sara Hammel (+HAMMEL, SARA) Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the A shy, overweight 12-year-old & her best friend take on for the funeral of an old family friend. But instead of just London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work to- the case of a popular 16-year-old who died mysteriously paying their respects, they wind up on a dangerous, mind- gether--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and leading to a breathtaking surprise twist, blowing quest to unlock an ancient, guarded secret that impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what hap- could destroy the fate of the world. pened to Salim. Curse of the Arctic Star Nancy Drew Diaries #1
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The Name of This Book is Secret Secret Series #1 A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Absolutely Truly Pumpkin Falls Mystery #1 Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie, but by Pseudonymous Bosch (+ BOSCH, PSEUDONYMOUS) by Heather Frederick (+FREDERICK, HEATHER #1) Two 11-year-old kids try to solve the mystery of a dead the bad guys are no match for the very protective family Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small cat and Benjie's "spy" skills. magician using the clues he left behind. Along the way town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two they run into great danger and are challenged with puzzles mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered Audacity Jones to the Rescue Audacity Jones #1 and word games. letter. by Kirby Larson (+LARSON, KIRBY #1) n 1910, Audacity Jones is an eleven-year-old orphan living Shakespeare’s Secret Space Case Moon Base Alpha #1 a monotonous life at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward by Elise Broach (+ BROACH, ELISE) by Stuart Gibbs (+GIBBS, STUART #1) Girls, and wondering why nothing exciting ever happens-- Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit 6th- Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to but when the mysterious Commodore Crutchfield whisks grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent her away to Washington D.C., she finds herself involved connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly doctors. hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the in a sinister and dangerous plot against the president of the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library United States.
by Chris Grabenstein (+GRABENSTEIN, CHRIS) Nooks & Crannies Fairy Tale Detectives Sisters Grimm #1 Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new by Jessica Lawson (+LAWSON, JESSICA) by Michael Buckley (+ BUCKLEY, MICHAEL) town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Eleven-year-old Tabitha Crum, whose parents were just Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come about to abandon her, is invited to the country estate of a an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in wealthy countess along with five other children and told to be dead. There they learn that they are descendants of order to escape. that one of them will become her heir. the Brothers Grimm, whose famous fairy tales are actually Kid Lawyer Theodore Boone #1 case files. When a giant is set loose on the town, it’s up to Greenglass House the Sisters Grimm to solve the clues and save the day! by John Grisham (+GRISHAM, JOHN #1) With two attorneys for parents, thirteen-year-old Theodore by Kate Milford (+MILFORD, KATE) At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Room One Boone knows more about the law than most lawyers do. But when a high profile murder trial comes to his small Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his win- by Andrew Clements (+ CLEMENTS, ANDREW) ter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with Ted Hammond, the only 6th grader in his small Nebraska town and Theo gets pulled into it, it's up to this amateur attorney to save the day. strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the the cook's daughter, on an adventure. disappearance of a homeless family. Mission Unstoppable The Genius Files #1
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