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The Charioteer of Delphi

Caroline Lawrence · 256 pages

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The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints

M.V. Carey · 182 pages

Summary:When an eccentric local artist disappears suddenly, the three investigators look into the matter

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The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy

Robert Arthur · 160 pages

The Three Investigators undertake a case involving an Egyptian mummy which whispers, but only to one man.

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The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan · 536 pages

Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods' worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time. But that might be better than the alternative: allowing someone else to die, as Hades foretold. Jason's ghost is his mother, who abandoned him when he was little.

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Asterix and the Golden Sickle

Rene Goscinny · 47 pages

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The Revenge of the Shadow King

Derek Benz, J.S. Lewis

Max Sumner and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia-who form the secret club The Grey Griffins-seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen. When creatures like goblins and fairies and unicorns, all characters from a card game the Grey Griffins play, begin to make appearances in Max's backyard, Max and his friends

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The Disappearing Floor (Hardy Boys, Book 19)

Franklin W. Dixon · 176 pages

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Scat

Carl Hiaasen · 384 pages

Bestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "fa

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Mark of the Thief

Jennifer A. Nielsen · 345 pages

When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome. Nic, a slave in the mines of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cave filled with Julius Caesa

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The Iron Hand of Mars

Lindsey Davis · 305 pages

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Caveat Emptor

Ruth Downie · 338 pages

In the far reaches of the Roman Empire, there are three certainties in life for Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso: death, taxes, and angry barbarians. The hero finds himself trapped at the heart of an increasingly treacherous conspiracy involving theft, forgery, buried treasure, and the legacy of Boudica, the rebel queen.

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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

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Black Duck

Janet Taylor Lisle · 252 pages

Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.

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The End

Lemony Snicket · 368 pages

When Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire find themselves in the same boat as Count Olaf, after all the treachery that happened at the Hotel Denoument, in the middle of nowhere, they think there is nothing worse that can happen, until a horrid storm comes. When the wake up they find themselves on a simple island, where you eat and drink the same things, wear the same things, and do the same things.

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The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin · 192 pages

Sixteen people were invited to the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they played the game. The not-quite-perfect heirs were paired, and each pair was given $10,000 and a set of clues (no two sets of clues were alike). All they had to do was find the answer, but the answer to what? The Westing game was tricky and da

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Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire

Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton · 176 pages

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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

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Circus Maximus

Damian Dibben

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The Eagle of the Ninth

Rosemary Sutcliff · 256 pages

A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command.

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See You Later, Gladiator

Jon Scieszka, Adam McCauley · 87 pages

Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.

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Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots

Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones · 78 pages

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SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius

John Maddox Roberts · 211 pages

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Zoobreak

Gordon Korman · 235 pages

After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.

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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 288 pages

Artemis Fowl is the first of a series of semi-realist novels produced by Eoin Colfer. They document the adventures of a precocious prodigal child of the criminal empire, Artemis Fowl. In this book, accompanied by his huge and loyal bodyguard/sidekick/advisor Butler, Artemis engages in a series of surreal activities; the absence of his missing father and the mental disorder of his mother allow him

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