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The Danger Box
by Blue Balliett
A science-enhanced historical tale by the Edgar Award- and Agatha Award-winning author of Chasing Vermeer follows the adventures of a sight-impaired boy from a small town whose life is upended by a mischievous girl, a mysterious notebook and a menacing stranger. Call Number: J BALLIETT
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The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
by Mac Barnett
When a quilt containing America's secrets is stolen and he is falsely accused of the crime, Steve Brixton must use all the skills he has to solve the mystery and find the real culprits. Series: Brixton Brothers Call Number: J BARNETT
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The 100-Year-Old Secret
by Tracy Barrett
Xena and Xander Holmes discover that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great grandfather when they are given his unsolved casebook, from which they attempt to solve the case of a famous missing painting. Call Number: J BARRETT
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The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
by Eric Berlin
Twelve-year-old Winston and his ten-year-old sister Katie find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery involving a hidden ring. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text. Sequel: The Potato Chip Puzzles Call Number: J BERLIN
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The Name of This Book Is Secret
by Pseudonymous Bosch
Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality. Series: Secret Series Call Number: J BOSCH
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Masterpiece
by Elise Broach
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Call Number: J BROACH
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The Fairy-Tale Detectives
by Michael Buckley
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, two sisters seemingly abandoned by their parents, have been brought to live with their grandmother, whom they thought was dead, and are immediately swept up in a mystery that includes giants, pixies, fairies, and witches. Series: Sisters Grimm Call Number: J BUCKLEY
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We the Children
by Andrew Clements
Sixth-grader Ben Pratt's life is full of changes that he does not like--his parents' separation and the plan to demolish his seaside school to build an amusement park--but when the school janitor gives him a tarnished coin with some old engravings and then dies, Ben is drawn into an effort to keep the school from being destroyed. Series: Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School Call Number: J CLEMENTS
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The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
When Salim doesn't come back from his ride on the London Eye, his cousins Ted and Kat turn to the authorities for help, but when they offer no viable suggestions, the two use their sleuthing skills to figure out what actually happened. Call Number: J DOWD
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The Crossroads
by Chris Grabenstein
When the family moves back to his father's hometown, Zack is told the story of the crazed killer and the accident at the crossroads that took forty lives, causing Zack to believe in the rumor of the evil spirit that lives in the tree. Series: Haunted Mysteries Call Number: J/YA GRABENST
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Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
by John Grisham
At the age of thirteen, Theodore Boone dreamed of being a great trial lawyer someday. Little did he know he would be dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial, where a cold-blooded killer is about to be released. Only Theo knows the truth and won't stop until justice is served. Series: Theodore Boone Call Number: J GRISHAM
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Scat
by Carl Hiaasen
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing. Call Number: J HIAASEN
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The Falcon's Malteser: A Diamond Brothers Mystery
by Anthony Horowitz
After his older brother, a fledgling private detective, agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who does not live long, thirteen-year-old Nick scampers to solve the mystery while also trying to stay one step ahead of an assortment of thugs. Series: A Diamond Brothers Mystery Call Number: J HOROWITZ
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Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
by Deborah Howe and James Howe
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. Call Number: J HOWE
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Girl's Best Friend
by Leslie Margolis
In Brooklyn, New York, twelve-year-old dog-walker Maggie, aided by her twin brother Finn and best friend Lucy, investigates someone she believes is stealing pets. Call Number: J MARGOLIS
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The Candymakers
by Wendy Mass
When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process. Call Number: J MASS
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Mudshark
by Gary Paulsen
Principal Wagner confidently deals with a faculty washroom crisis, a psychic parrot, and a terrorizing gerbil, but when sixty-five erasers go missing, he enlists the help of the school's best problem solver and locator of lost items, twelve-year-old Lyle Williams, aka Mudshark. Call Number: J PAULSEN
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The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues
by Ellen Raskin
Dickory Dock is a seventeen-year-old art student and native New Yorker who answers an advertisement for an artist's assistant working for an eccentric artist in Greenwich Village. Soon Dickory is doing more than cleaning brushes and sorting paint as she assists the painter in solving mysteries for the chief of police. Dickory must solve the final crime on her own if she is to save the people she cares about. Call Number: J RASKIN
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The Case of the Missing Marquess
by Nancy Springer
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother. Series: An Enola Holmes Mystery Call Number: J SPRINGER
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The Maze of Bones
by Rick Riordan
At the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy Cahill are given the choice of receiving a million dollars or uncovering the 39 clues hidden around the world that will lead to the source of the family's power. By taking on the clues, they end up in a dangerous race against their own family members. Series: 39 Clues Call Number: J THIRTY N
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Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
by Wendelin Van Draanen
Seventh-grader Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother. Series: Sammy Keyes Call Number: J VANDRAAN
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Elvis & Olive : Super Detectives
by Stephanie Elaine Watson
Annie and Natalie tackle three new cases involving a neighbor in hiding, a homeless dog and strange notes that appear throughout their community, mysteries that are complicated by Annie's absent mother and Natalie's student council campaign. Call Number: J WATSON
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