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The Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper

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The Secret of the Old Mill

Franklin W. Dixon · 192 pages

The Secret of the Old Mill is the third volume of the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon in 1927. After becoming victims of a counterfeiting ring, the boys become suspicious of the activities surrounding a previously disused mill on a deserted road by the river. When they give a boa

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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles

Donald J. Sobol · 96 pages

The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.

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The Scarlet Slipper Mystery

Carolyn Keene · 179 pages

Frank and Joe, the Hardy boys, solve a mystery involving a magician, American secret agents, and international spy ring, and a Scottish castle.

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The Mystery of the Moaning Cave

William Arden · 176 pages

Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews are spending time at the Dalton's Crooked-Y Ranch when the cave on the mountain begins moaning after fifty years of silence. Wrapped in the legend of El Diablo, an outlaw who hid in the cave and never returned, the cave holds more secrets than just a legend. With two ancient prospectors, a man with a scar and eyepatch, and man in a speeding car from Ne

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The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster

James Preller · 80 pages

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Lemony Snicket · 288 pages

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Playing with Fire

Derek Landy · 352 pages

Just when you think you've saved the world...You will kill her? the Torment asked. Skulduggery sagged. "Yes." He hesitated, then took his gun from his jacket. "I'm sorry, Valkyrie," he said softly. "Don't talk to me," Valkyrie said. "Just do what you have to do." Valkyrie parted her tunic, and Skulduggery pointed the gun at the vest beneath. "Please forgive me," Skulduggery said, then aimed the gu

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The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler · 214 pages

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

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Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls

Wendelin Van Draanen

Junior high detective Sammy Keyes and her friends take a detour through a graveyard on Halloween night and find themselves in the middle of a mystery involving missing people, human skulls, and a ghoulish embalmer, while school presents its own set of tricks and treats.

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Framed!

James Ponti · 292 pages

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.

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The Mystery of the Fiery Eye

Robert Arthur · 161 pages

A competitor of the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew books, this Hitchcock-supported series mostly written by Robert Arthur concerns Jupiter Jones and his middle-school-age amateur detective club which operates out of one of the parents' businesses. It's a junkyard, and as such offers lots of cover for the clubhouse location, storage and getaways from nefarious characters. "Fiery Eye" follows the search fo

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The Frog Who Croaked

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

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The Golden Fortress

Satyajit Ray · 128 pages

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Girl Detective

R.A. Spratt · 272 pages

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Terror on Tour

Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon · 207 pages

This is the first Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Supermystery of the reboot 07 series since the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery'88 series was canceled back in 1998. In this book, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys go to Rockapazooma. Nancy with her friends Bess and George go to have a good time, but Frank and Joe are on a mission for ATAC. Though Frank remembers reading about Nancy Drew and her crime sol

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Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

John Grisham · 272 pages

In the small city of Strattenburg there are many lawyers, and thirteen-year-old Theo Boone thinks he is one of them, but his inside knowledge of the justice system means trouble when a cold-blooded killer is about to go free and only Theo can stop him.

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The Case of the Missing Marquess

Nancy Springer · 216 pages

When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece

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The Demon of River Heights

Stefan Petrucha · 96 pages

Teen sleuth Nancy Drew, and her friends George and Bess, search for missing student film-makers and, in the process, discover the secret behind the local urban myth known as The Demon of River Heights.

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Shock for the Secret Seven

Enid Blyton · 136 pages

Dogs are going missing all over town. When Scamper also disappears, the group becomes the Secret Six and must solve the mystery. Jack finally finds the clue to end the mystery.

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Case Closed, Vol. 17

Gosho Aoyama

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Blue Bay Mystery

Gertrude Chandler Warner · 157 pages

The Aldens find a castaway on a South Sea island. How did he get there and who is he?

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Mystery in the Mansion

Lauren Magaziner · 396 pages

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