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Hold Fast
by Blue Balliett
When Early's father disappears, she, her mother, and her brother are forced to flee their Chicago apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
Call Number: J BALLIETT
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The Wolf Keepers
by Elise Broach
Having an unconventional upbringing in a caretaker's home at the zoo, where she observes animal behaviors and has difficulty making friends, 12-year-old Lizzie bonds with a runaway who is seeking shelter at the zoo before stumbling into a covert investigation involving the zoo's dying wolves and the legend of John Muir.
Call Number: J BROACH
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Chasing Secrets
by Gennifer Choldenko
Secretly harboring a passion for science while being forced to attend a snooty finishing school in 1900 San Francisco, Lizzie helps her doctor father make house calls and wonders if the bubonic plague has actually come to the city.
Call Number: J CHOLDENK
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Under The Egg
by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Her grandfather's dying words lead 13-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighborhood that brings a real treasure.
Call Number: J FITZGERA
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Absolutely Truly
by Heather Vogel Frederick
Moving to the small town of Pumpkin Falls to take over the family bookstore when her injured war veteran father cannot find other work, Truly finds an unsent letter in a valuable book and embarks on a madcap treasure hunt.
Call Number: J FREDERIC
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Home Sweet Motel
by Chris Grabenstein
Loving everything about his life at the Wonderland Motel, where he enjoys concession foods, the pool and more, enthusiastic storyteller P. T. Wilkie teams up with his clever friend, Gloria, to save the motel from being shut down due to lack of business. Series: Welcome to Wonderland
Call Number: J GRABEN
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The Detective's Assistant
by Kate Hannigan
A tale inspired by the life of America's first female detective follows the experiences of 11-year-old orphan Nell Warne, who becomes an indispensable helper to her Pinkerton Detective Agency employee aunt, Kate.
Call Number: J HANNIGAN
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Masterminds
by Gordon Korman
When a group of kids discover they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment, they likewise realize they can trust no one—least of all their own parents.
Call Number: J KORMAN
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Audacity Jones To The Rescue
by Kirby Larson
Longing for excitement in spite of having good friends and books, an 11-year-old resident at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls accompanies a mysterious adventurer to Washington D.C. before discovering his plot against the president.
Call Number: J LARSON
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Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, 12-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing, but soon guests begin arriving with strange stories about the house, sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
Call Number: J MILFORD
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The Shrunken Head : The Shrunken Head
by Lauren Oliver
Growing up happily with fellow sideshow performers at an oddities museum, three orphans with unusual superhuman abilities are joined by a fourth child, a knife-thrower, with whom they search for the museum's stolen Amazonian shrunken head. Series: Curiosity House
Call Number: J OLIVER
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The Secret Box
by Whitaker Ringwald
When an estranged relative sends her a mysterious box that will only open in one location, Jax recruits her reluctant cousins to help her find the opening site only to discover that the box works as a call for help for an ancient magical source.
Call Number: J RINGWALD
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The Way to Stay in Destiny
by Augusta Scattergood
Moving in with his resentful Vietnam War veteran uncle, young Theo devotes his time to playing the piano and helping a new friend, baseball fanatic Anabel, investigate a local mystery about famous ballplayer residents.
Call Number: J SCATTERG
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Murder is Bad Manners
by Robin Stevens
Forming a secret detective agency after discovering a shared talent for solving mysteries, two best friends at a 1930s boarding school tackle a first case when their science teacher dies and her body disappears. Series: Wells & Wong Mystery
Call Number: J STEVENS
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Three Times Lucky
by Sheila Turnage
Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a cafe and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder. Call Number: J TURNAGE
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Pie
by Sarah Weeks
When her late Aunt Polly bequeaths a surly pet cat and a coveted pie-crust recipe to her, Alice is thrust into the center of a high-stakes pie-baking contest that her mother is determined to win, a competition that helps Alice discover the true importance of family, friendship and enjoying what one does in life. By the author of So B. It.
Call Number: J WEEKS
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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile
by Marcia Wells
Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and a talent for drawing anything he sees, so when the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case. Series: Eddie Red Undercover
Call Number: J WELLS
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