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Avoiding a group of bullies, Barney Pennimen and his friend Snowy discover a cave with an amazing secret Barney Penniman is afraid of his eighth grade friends at boarding school. Since they're the nastiest guys at school, Barney is safe from being teased, but the gang's bullying finally pushes Barney too far, and he finds himself alone. Then Snowy Cobb, an elf-like, ostracized younger boy, makes a sudden appearance in Barney's life. And when Snowy...
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Seeking to prove a friend's innocence of a theft, Lynne Garrett and Jeremy Hastings work as a team to try to solve the problem and keep the ailing woman from going to prison. Lynne looks for clues to solving the crime while noting ones that make her wonder where her relationship with Jeremy is going.
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IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Mr. Fred Grange claims to work as a clerk for a biscuit company, but he's out and about on the London streets at odd hours, and girl detective Maisie Hitchins soon discovers something very precious hidden in his rooms. Maisie is determined to unmask him as a thief, but the truth is far more complicated-and dangerous. Before long, Maisie and her friends are led into a web of mystery lurking in the London Underground. Like the other books in the series,...
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Sneaky Goes to Palm Beach is a delightful story about the adventure of a little boy and his mother who discover a three-eyed monster while visiting the little boy's grandparents in Palm Beach. Blake and his mother loved to go on walks on the beach when the sun went down behind Blake's grandparent's condo. Blake and his mother would walk for miles, and on one particular night, they discovered huge footprints in the sand. They decided to go on an adventure...
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Casebusters volume 1
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The sons of a private detective investigate a crazy art museum caperand try to avoid a spooky statue! Ever since they were very young, Brian and Sean Quinn have helped their father solve mysteries. Even though their dad is a professional detective, he always likes to hear his kids' opinions. Sometimes they even help him catch a crook! But when a pair of priceless Leonardo da Vinci drawings disappears from the local art museum, their father is stumped,...
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Chet Gecko mystery volume 5
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IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
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Chet Gecko doesn't believe in the supernatural. His idea of voodoo is his mom's cockroach ripple ice cream. But when a teacher reports seeing a monster by the light of a full moon, it falls to Chet and his sleek-winged partner, Natalie Attired, to answer the burning question: Is this the work of a vicious, supernatural werehamster on the loose? Or just another science fair project gone wrong?
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Casebusters volume 4
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While on vacation in Oregon, Chris and Sean encounter a meat-locker mystery. Piney Point is one of the most beautiful places Sean and Brian Quinn have ever seen, but as far as Brian is concerned, it's not half as pretty as Jennifer Hicks. And getting to know the hotel manager's daughter while his younger brother goofs off in the pool sounds like the perfect vacation. But when a string of thefts upset Brian's new friend, vacation is over, and the Casebusters...
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Julian ist ein eher ruhiger Junge ohne viele Freunde. Als seine Schwester Liv nach einem Kinoabend nicht nach Hause kommt, entdeckt Julian plötzlich neue Seiten an sich. Gemeinsam mit Livs bester Freundin macht er sich auf die Suche nach einer möglichen Erklärung für ihr Verschwinden. Auf den Spuren von Liv lernt er nicht nur mehr über sich selbst, sondern auch über das Leben seiner Schwester."Spuren eines Lebens" ist ein spannender und dramatischer...
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1 String of Spaghetti + 2 Friends = A Noodle-Cooking, Crime-Solving Adventure!
Sometimes Rico acts a bit odd - his mom calls him a "proddity" - but he's GENIUS at noticing little things nobody else does. Like a string of spaghetti stuck to the sidewalk. Or the big buckteeth of that boy in the blue motorcycle helmet. Or the strange behavior of the neighbors in his apartment building. Oscar is a true prodigy, with a high IQ and high anxieties to match....
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Nothing-and no one-will stand in Kathy's way of winning the tennis championship. After all winning is everything... or is it? Kathy Bardy doesn't have the good looks and ease of her best friend, Julia. She doesn't have the grades of her little sister, Jody. What she has is tennis. Kathy's coach even says she's the most promising New England junior to come along in years. With tennis come trophies, free equipment, and tournament prize money-and all...
15) Monster Island
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The inventive, hilarious and deliciously spooky second book from Mr Spicebag author, Freddie Alexander First off, let's get one thing clear. Monsters under the bed are real.Let me repeat.MONSTERS UNDER THE BED ARE REAL… Eleven-year-old Sam has been shipped off from her city home to the wild and windy Draymur Isle, where she lives in an old lighthouse with Granddad and his mischievous goat, Myrtle. Not all is as it seems on Draymur Island, and Granddad...
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Somehow Troy Angelo, whose face is as sweet as an angel but his personality is as sour as lemons went from being the worst student in history class to getting a perfect score on the test! Seventh-grader Usman Grant who loves movies, dressing up for school, and getting perfect scores himself, and his best friend, Dana Batyrov, punk rocker and softball queen, are recruited by Mr. R to find out if and how Troy cheated and if it has anything to do with...
17) Nocturne
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I am hunted.A pawn in a vicious game.The only way I can protect the ones I love,is to disappear... Finally free of her father, Kaya has the one thing that keeps her heart beating; Luke. Blissfully content in his arms, everything seems perfect-until their world is shattered by a deadly invasion. When an old ally comes to the rescue, Kaya is devastated to learn the identity of her attacker. Now, she must do something truly heartbreaking if she wants...
18) Disappeared
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Jared and Emily Graham's mother fled her toxic relationship with their father, and ever since they've waited for her to come back for them. Now it's time. Their mom is settled into her new place and picking them up for a visit, but their father insists the two of them try to work out some things. A nice dinner, frank conversation. She never returns.
Dad tells Jared and Emily that their mom took off, for good this time. Emily is heartbroken, but Jared...
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Wilhelmina Thornton's world turned upside down in less than a minute. That's how long it took her father to tell her that she would be spending her entire summer with her great-aunt Agatha at Merrycliff, an old house in the little mountain town of Three Springs.
"Dad, how can you do this to me? I'll be bored out of my wits!"
How wrong she was! The summer turned out to be the best one ever! Full of surprises, secrets, intriguing twists and unexpected...
20) M.A.X.X
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Marie Winterfield founded and directed the S.N.O.W. agency, a group of advanced investigative search and rescue specialists, is world renowned for cracking the toughest cases. When a massive power outage in New York City compromises the FBI, CIA, and NASA; Marie takes on her hardest case ever; taking on a top-secret agency that was believed to be shut down, but has actually gone global, kidnapping, killing, and framing innocent people for crimes they...
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