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The Mystery of the Dead Man's Riddle

William Arden · 160 pages

An eccentric millionaire leaves his entire fortune to the person who can decipher the crazy riddles in his will. Jupe, Pete and Bob join in the hunt for Dingo Towne’s treasure and are beset by greedy villains, hidden dangers and unknown menaces.

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon

Kathryn Kenny · 211 pages

Trixie Belden and her friends help to solve some mysterious misdeeds at the Pirate's Inn.

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The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs

M.V. Carey · 180 pages

The sighting of a UFO leads the Three Investigators to uncover a bizarre confidence game.

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The Mysterious Benedict Society Collection

Trenton Lee Stewart · 1,872 pages

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The Sirens of Surrentum

Caroline Lawrence · 224 pages

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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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Ring of Fire

Pierdomenico Baccalario

Every hundred years, four kids from four cities must save the world.Rome, December 29.A mix-up with their reservations forces Harvey from New York, Mistral from Paris, and Sheng from Shanghai to share a room with the hotel owner's daughter, Elettra. The four kids discover an amazing coincidence--they all have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day. That night, a strange man gives them a briefcase and

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The Big Six

Arthur Ransome · 383 pages

The second of Ransome's books set in the Norfolk Broads, the protagonists of Coot Club are accused of casting boats adrift, a terrible crime on any waterfront. They go cruising, fishing, eeling, discover the real villains, and there is lots of good stuff about sailing, photography (now of historical interest) and the odd part of England that is the Broads.

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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

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The Thirteenth Pearl

Carolyn Keene · 179 pages

Asked to locate a stolen necklace of unusual value, Nancy soon discovers that strange and dangerous people are responsible for the theft.

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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

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Belly Up

Stuart Gibbs · 294 pages

This book is a mystery about a teenage boy who finds a hippo dead in the zoo, who did it?

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Catch Your Death

Lauren Child · 528 pages

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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.

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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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Dead Man's Cove

Lauren St. John

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Baby-Sitters Beware

Ann M. Martin, Nola Thacker · 230 pages

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The Mystery of the Magic Circle

M.V. Carey, M. V. Cary · 160 pages

Three young sleuths uncover a coven of witches when they search for the missing memoirs of a movie star.

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The Wright 3

Blue Balliett · 318 pages

In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.

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The Tell-Tale Start

Gordon McAlpine · 193 pages

"Edgar and Allan, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of the famed writer Edgar Allan Poe, discover that they are entrapped in a nefarious plot that has been going on since their birth"--

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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.

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Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher

Wendelin Van Draanen

When her history teacher begins receiving death threats and her own name is near the top of the suspect list, eighth-grader Sammy is determined to find the real perpetrator, but she is distracted by her mother's relationship problems, her almost-boyfriend inexplicably avoiding her, and her duties as a reluctant bridesmaid.

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Midnight Magic

Avi · 249 pages

Mangus the Magician must free a princess from a terrifying ghost. Naturally, Mangus doesn't believe in ghosts. He doesn't even believe in magic! However, his servant boy, Fabrizio, is a secret friend of the princess and is determined to prove the ghost is real.

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