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When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead · 199 pages

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

Puzzles and RiddlesNew York CityWorking-Class ProtagonistMiddle Grade
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E.L. Konigsburg · 162 pages

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.

Puzzles and RiddlesNew York CityMiddle GradeTreasure Hunt
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Wendy Mass · 304 pages

Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntNew York CityMiddle Grade
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The Shadow Cipher

Laura Ruby · 476 pages

In an alternate history of New York, three kids try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of the city.

Treasure HuntPuzzles and RiddlesNew York CityMiddle Grade
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The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck

Emily Fairlie · 283 pages

"Sixth graders Laurie and Bud attempt to solve an eighty-year-old mystery at their historic school before the building is torn down to make way for a MegaMart"--

Treasure HuntPuzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeMystery
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer · 326 pages

A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind. Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tendern

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The Clue in the Crossword Cipher

Carolyn Keene · 177 pages

For cliffhanging suspense and thrilling action read THE NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES-the worlds most popular mystery series for young readers! Millions of fans have matched wits with Nancy Drew, helping her solve more than fifty baffling cases.

Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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The Ring of Rocamadour

Michael D. Beil · 256 pages

Treasure HuntPuzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeMystery
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Shakespeare's Secret

Elise Broach · 258 pages

Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.

Treasure HuntPuzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeMystery
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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.

Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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The Inheritance Games Collection

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 778 pages

OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! Fall in love with the series everyone is talking about with this ebook collection of the #1 New York Times bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy! The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, and The Final Gambit are together for the first time--plus a FREE bonus ebook, The Naturals! Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high s

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What the River Knows

Isabel Ibañez · 404 pages

Grief Over a ParentTreasure HuntFirst Person NarratorMystery
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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 RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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The Maze of Bones

Rick Riordan · 220 pages

Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue. Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's sec

Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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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

Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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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 RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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The Black Circle

Patrick Carman · 176 pages

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The Sword Thief

Peter Lerangis · 160 pages

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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

Treasure HuntPuzzles and RiddlesMiddle GradeMystery
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The Maid

Nita Prose · 336 pages

Grief Over a ParentWorking-Class ProtagonistMysteryFirst Person Narrator
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Ready Player One

Ernest Cline · 384 pages

In the year 2044. reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts *really* feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines--puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever ca

Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntWorking-Class ProtagonistFirst Person Narrator
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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

Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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Puzzles and RiddlesTreasure HuntMiddle GradeMystery
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The Secret Hum of a Daisy

Tracy Holczer · 316 pages

"After 12-year-old Grace's mother's sudden death, Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she's never met. Then she discovers clues in a mysterious treasure hunt--one that will help her find her true home"-- After the sudden death of her mother, twelve-year-old Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she's never met. Then she discovers clues in a mysterious treasure hunt, one that will help

Grief Over a ParentTreasure HuntMiddle GradeFirst Person Narrator

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