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• The Gallery

  Fitzgerald, Laura Marx

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  In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls.

• The Bad Beginning

  Snicket, Lemony

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  After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Peacock Detectives

  Nugent, Carly,

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  Almost twelve years old, Cassie is good at finding her neighbors' pet peacocks but not so good at figuring out the changes in her parents, her older sister, and her best friend Jonas.

• Winterhouse

  Guterson, Ben

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  Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery.

• Kat Wolfe Takes the Case

  St. John, Lauren, 1966-

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  Join brave Kat Wolfe and her animal sidekicks in this second mysterious adventure filled with friendship, freedom and a fierce wild cat! When a landslide on the Jurassic Coast reveals a rare 'dragon' dinosaur, best friends Kat Wolfe and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Framed!

  a T.O.A.S.T. Mystery

  Ponti, James

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  In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret help thwart the biggest art heist in United States history.

• 13 Hangmen

  Corriveau, Art

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  Some people won't believe any of this story. You might be one of them. But every single word is true. Tony DiMarco does catch a murderer, solve a mystery, and find a treasure--all in the first few days after he moves, unexpectedly, to 13…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Greenglass House

  Milford, Kate

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  At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Floors

  Carman, Patrick

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  Ten-year-old Leo's future and the fate of the extraordinary Whippet Hotel, where his father is the maintenance man, are at stake when a series of cryptic boxes leads Leo to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances.

• The Frog Who Croaked

  Krosoczka, Jarrett

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  Paired together after a veteran detective retires, platypus police squad members Rick Zengo, a hotshot rookie, and Corey O'Malley, a hard-nosed old-timer, struggle with their differences while tackling their first case involving a missing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Screaming Staircase

  Stroud, Jonathan

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  Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.

• The Fairy-tale Detectives

  Buckley, Michael, 1969-

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  Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.

• The Mysterious Benedict Society

  Stewart, Trenton Lee

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  After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

• Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye

  Del Rio, Tania

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  "Twelve-year-old orphan Warren's pride and joy is his family's hotel, but he's been miserable ever since his evil Aunt Anaconda took over the management. Anaconda believes a mysterious treasure known as the All-Seeing-Eye is hidden…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eleven

  Giff, Patricia Reilly

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  When Sam discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend and the castle they are building, his questions are eventually answered.

• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

  Konigsburg, E. L.

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  When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run "from" somewhere, she wants to run "to" somewhere -- to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. She chooses the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Could That Be at This Hour?

  Snicket, Lemony

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  Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.

• The Maze of Bones

  Riordan, Rick

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  At the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy Cahill are given the choice of receiving a million dollars or uncovering the 39 clues hidden around the world that will lead to the source of the family's power, but by taking on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Agent Q

  Or, the Smell of Danger!

  Anderson, M. T.

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  As Lily, Katie, and Jasper try to return home after their adventures in Delaware, they face a protoplasmic monster, sleeping gas, a runaway rice cart, sentient lobsters, and spies of the Awful and Adorable Autarch of Dagsboro.

• Horton Halfpott, Or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor, Or, The Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset

  Angleberger, Tom

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  Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.