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Into the Gauntlet

Margaret Peterson Haddix

The explosive finale! Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet-a task no Cahill dared to i

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeEspionageTeen Protagonist
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The Penultimate Peril

Lemony Snicket · 353 pages

Dear Reader, If this is the first book you found while searching for a book to read next, then the first thing you should know is that this next-to-last book is what you should put down first. Sadly, this book presents the next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, and it is next-to-first in its supply of misery, despair, and unpleasantness. Probably the next-to-last thin

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeMysteryFast-Paced
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The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart · 512 pages

Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-two boys and two girls-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute f

Puzzles and RiddlesEspionageMiddle GradeMystery
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Nancy Drew: #1-64

Carolyn Keene

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

Donald J. Sobol · 88 pages

Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same.

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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If You're Reading This, It's Too Late

Pseudonymous Bosch · 385 pages

Beware! Dangerous secrets lie between the pages of this book. OK, I warned you. But if you think I'll give anything away, or tell you that this is the sequel to my first literary endeavor, The Name of This Book is Secret, you're wrong. I'm not going to remind you of how we last left our heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest, as they awaited intiation into the mysterious Terces Society, or the ongoing fight

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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The Black Circle

Patrick Carman · 176 pages

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeEspionageMystery
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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.

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan · 586 pages

Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appe

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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The City of Ember

Jeanne DuPrau · 270 pages

The film tie-in edition to this gripping and intriguing thriller set in an all-too-possible future. Now a major blockbuster starring Bill Murray, Tim Robbins and Liz Smith.Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked - but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading th

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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A Girl Named Digit

Annabel Monaghan · 187 pages

After identifying a terrorist plot, a brilliant seventeen-year-old girl from Santa Monica, California, gets involved with the young FBI agent who is trying to ensure her safety.

Puzzles and RiddlesEspionageTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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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

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistMystery
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Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

John Feinstein · 272 pages

After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.

Middle GradeTeen ProtagonistMysteryFast-Paced
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Chasing Vermeer

Blue Balliett · 254 pages

When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistMystery
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The Bletchley Riddle

Ruta Sepetys · 392 pages

Puzzles and RiddlesEspionageTeen ProtagonistMystery
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Harry Potter Boxset

J.K. Rowling

Middle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-PacedMystery
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One False Note

Gordon Korman · 174 pages

A million dollars, or a clue? Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. There's a car and speedboat chase and an angry mob! When there's a Clue on the line, anything can happen.

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeMysteryTeen Protagonist
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Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

Ally Carter · 272 pages

Teen ProtagonistEspionageMysteryFast-Paced
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The Arctic Incident

Eoin Colfer · 304 pages

Auf geheimen Wegen gelangt Meisterverbrecher Artemis Fowl in das eisige Murmansk, wo er seinen Vater vermutet, der sich in der Gewalt einer skrupellosen Erpresserbande befinden soll. Doch Artemis hat ungewöhnliche Verbündete auf seiner Seite und natürlich auch schon einen Plan im Kopf. Einen gefährlichen Plan.

EspionageMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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Mystery in the Mansion

Lauren Magaziner · 396 pages

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeFast-PacedMystery
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The Wig in the Window

Kristen Kittscher · 384 pages

Through this tale of two best friends who one is a FBI-in-training,(Grace) and the other who plays along,(Sophie) suddenly find themselves a new case. But this one happened before their very eyes. They've always been suspicious of Charlotte Agford, but they never thought of this. Can they find out the truth before it's too late? -Anonymous Writer

Middle GradeTeen ProtagonistMysteryFast-Paced
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Stolen Magic

Gail Carson Levine · 329 pages

Elodie, the dragon detective Meenore, and the kindly ogre Count Jonty Um are all on their way to Elodie's home island of Lahnt. Elodie has barely set foot on land before she learns that the Replica, a statue that keeps her island's deadly volcano from erupting, has been stolen! If the Replica isn't found in three days, a mountain will be destroyed. And when Elodie ends up alone with a cast of char

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistMystery
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The Secret Agent on Flight 101

Franklin W. Dixon · 158 pages

Rarely do magicians reveal their professional secrets. Consequently Frank and Joe Hardy are amazed when a well-known magician, the Incredible Hexton, offers to reveal the secret of his "Vanishing Man Act" and invites Mr. Hardy to be the subject. When their detective father fails to reappear, his sons are convinced that something sinister is afoot, despite Hexton's insistence that Mr. Hardy is play

Middle GradeEspionageTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced
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In Too Deep

Jude Watson · 206 pages

**Could Amy and Dan's biggest enemy be . . . a friend? Book 6 in the series challenges everything you thought you knew about the Clue race.** Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, head to the Land Down Under to discover what their own mother and father knew about the hunt for the 39 Clues. But following in their parents' footsteps brings up lost memories for Amy so awful th

Puzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFast-Paced

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