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The Maze of Bones

Written by Rick Riordan

First in a series called 39 Clues, the story introduces readers to Amy and Dan Cahill, who find out...

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The Westing Game

Written by Ellen Raskin

A murder mystery centered on Samuel Westing who named 16 heirs in his will to figure out who killed...

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When You Reach Me

Written by Rebecca Stead

When Miranda Sinclair starts receiving notes giving her instructions to record future events she...

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Hold Fast

Written by Blue Balliett

When Early’s father disappears, Early and her mother and brother are forced to leave their apartment...

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Friday Barnes, Girl Detective (Friday Barnes Mysteries)

Written by R. A. Spratt and Illustrated by Phil Gosier

When Friday Barnes, girl genius, solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to...

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Lou Lou and Pea and the Mural Mystery

Written by Jill Diamond and Illustrated by Lesley Vamos
Lou Lou Bombay and Peacock Pearl have been best friends since first grade. A series of small crimes...
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Haunting of Falcon House

Written by Eugene Yelchin and Illustrated by Eugene

A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend. When twelve-year-old Prince...

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Leepike Ridge

Written by N. D. Wilson

Thomas Hammond has always lived next to Leepike Ridge, but he never imagined he might end up lost...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan...
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Serafina and the Black Cloak

Written by Robert Beatty
Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, this is the story of Serafina, who lives in the basement of the...
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Time of Green Magic

Written by Hilary McKay

From award-winning author Hilary McKay comes “a memorable family story” (Booklist, starred review)...

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Me and Sam Sam Handle the Apocalypse

Written by Susan Vaught

Jesse is on the case when money goes missing from the library and her dad is looking like the #1...

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The Key to Every Thing

For eleven-year-old Tash, Cap’n Jackie isn’t just the elderly next-door neighbor — she’s family...

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Wild Blues

Written by Beth Kephart

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie’s favorite place in the world is her uncle’s cabin. Uncle Davy’s renovated...

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Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

Written by Emily Blejwas

A poignant story of a boy picking up the pieces of his life after the unexpected death of his father...

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Game of Fox and Squirrels

Written by Jenn Reese

After an incident shatters their family, eleven-year old Samantha and her older sister Caitlin are...

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Discovery of Dragons

Written by Lindsay Galvin

It's 1835. Cabin boy Simon Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with...

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