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Hide books by the same authorThe Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan
Nancy Springer · 187 pages
Enola doesn't like to rush a client, or a case. But when she encounters a familiar young lady carrying a paper fan, she is sent immediately into action--for the girl is her old friend Lady Cecily, and the peculiar pink fan signals that Cecily is in terrible peril! There is no time to waste. But what, exactly, is the matter? And how can Enola help her? After following too many clues that lead no
Mark of the Plague
Kevin Sands · 529 pages
As the plague decimates London in 1665 and an assassin threatens the apothecary's life, apprentice Christopher Rowe and his faithful friend Tom, following a trail of puzzles, riddles, and secrets, risk their lives to untangle the heart of a dark conspiracy.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Peter Abrahams · 375 pages
Welcome to Echo Falls, home of a thousand secrets.Ingrid is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least her shoes are. And getting them back will mean getting tangled up in a murder investigation as complicated as the mysteries solved by her idol, Sherlock Holmes. With soccer practice, schoolwork, and the lead role in her town's production of Alice in Wonderland, Ingrid is swamped. But as th
The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud · 452 pages
*Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.* This book is part of a brilliant series for children (and parents) who love to be creeped out. It’s set in London when the city is experiencing an outbreak of ghosts who kill people if they come into contact with them. The catch: only children can see them. These stories features the k
The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game
John Feinstein
Eighth-grade sportswriters Stevie and Susan Carol up to solve a mystery at the famous Army-Navy football game.
Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Queen's Necklace
Kathryn Kenny · 212 pages
Trixie and her friends are stalked by a gray figure through the streets of London and across the English countryside, and questions arise concerning the connection between the stranger and Honey's old necklace.
No Mark Upon Her
Deborah Crombie · 400 pages
When the body of a woman found in the Thames is found to be that of an Olympic rowing contender who is also a high-ranking detective with London's Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid finds himself heading an investigation fraught with complications.
Jim & Me
Dan Gutman · 195 pages
He was the world's greatest athlete, and a hero — until his medals were taken away.Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a favor. He wants Stosh to take him back in time to meet Native American Jim Thorpe — an Olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. Thorpe went on to play professional baseball and football, but he could never again achieve such fame. His name was d
Baseball Great
Tim Green · 272 pages
Josh feels like he's starting to make it big! Jaden, the school reporter, says he's going to take the baseball team to number one. Then his dad pulls him off the field and signs him up with Coach Rocky Valentine's youth championship team, the Titans. He says Josh has what it takes to be a baseball great — and the Titans will help him get there.Now Josh is gulping down Rocky's "Super Stax" milkshak
The Convicts
Iain Lawrence · 198 pages
After seeing his father hauled off to debtor's prison, Tom Tin sets out to take revenge on Mr. Goodfellow, the man responsible for his family's misfortunes. But the fog-filled London streets are teeming with sinister characters. Tom encounters a blind man who scavenges the riverbed for treasure--and wants what Tom digs up; Worms, a body snatcher who reveals a shocking surprise; and a nasty gang of
Tunnels
Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams · 467 pages
14-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the only bond he shares with his eccentric father is a passion for archaeological excavation. So when Dad mysteriously vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He unearths the unbelievable: a secret subterranean society. "The Colony" has existed unchanged for a century, b
Patina
Jason Reynolds · 360 pages
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
Lock & Mori
Heather W. Petty · 248 pages
In modern-day London, sixteen-year-old Miss James "Mori" Moriarty is looking for an escape from her recent past and spiraling home life when she takes classmate Sherlock Holmes up on his challenge to solve a murder mystery.
Wild Boy
Rob Lloyd Jones · 295 pages
Wild Boy becomes a sideshow freak. Isolated from other children and abused by the cruel master who bought him, Wild Boy becomes an avid observer, developing Sherlock Holmes-like deductive skills. Although he is tormented and insulted, kicked and spat at, his quick mind takes in everything he sees. When a murder occurs at the fair, Wild Boy is accused. Can he use his powers of deduction to save him
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander · 240 pages
"A bolt of lightning on my kicks, the court is sizzling, my sweat is drizzling. Stop all that quivering, cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps basketball phenom Josh Bell. Thanks to his dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court, with crossovers that make even the toughest ballers cry. But Josh has more than hoops in his blood. He's got a river of rhymes flowing through him -- a sick
Every Word
Ellie Marney · 343 pages
"James Mycroft has just left for London to investigate a car accident similar to the one that killed his parents without saying good-bye to his partner in crime, Rachel Watts. Rachel is furious and worried about his strange behavior-- not that Mycroft's ever exactly normal, but London is the scene of so many nightmares. Unable to resist, Rachel jumps on a plane to follow him and lands straight in
Boost
Kathy MacKel
Thirteen-year-old Savvy's dreams of starting for her elite basketball team are in danger when she is accused of taking steroids.