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Kids' Books September 2018
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----------- CMRLS Libraries will be closed Monday, October 8, Regular Library hours will resume on Tuesday, October 9. Click here for Library hours and contact information. Have a happy and safe holiday! -----------
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| The Real McCoys by Matthew Swanson; illustrated by Robbi BehrStarring: fourth-grade detective Moxie McCoy, who makes it her business to live up to her name, whether she's searching for a new best friend or for Tiddlywhump Elementary's missing mascot. Her enthusiasm, however, outweighs her sleuthing skills, leading Moxie to some offbeat conclusions and plenty of trouble.
Series alert: This zany, cartoon-illustrated mystery is the 1st in a series.
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| The Mystery of the Missing Everything by Ben H. WintersWhat it's about: After Mary Todd Lincoln Middle School's only trophy is stolen and the principal threatens to cancel the eighth grade class trip unless it's returned, semi-experienced sleuth Bethesda Fielding races to crack the case.
Why you might like it: With a huge cast of quirky characters -- some of them familiar to readers of Bethesda's first case, -- this fast and funny mystery will keep you guessing. |
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Black Moon rising
by D. J MacHale
What it's about: When an evil force begins shattering windows, collapsing bleachers and causing other suspicious accidents at a Massachusetts middle school, Marcus and his fellow Library agents begin to suspect that someone is practicing dark witchcraft. By the author of Surrender the Key.
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Under locker and key
by Allison K. Hymas
What it's about: Operating a discreet business to retrieve lost items at school, 11-year-old Jeremy is stymied by a meddling preteen private eye and an aspiring crime kingpin who has gained possession of a school locker master key. A first novel.
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Vanished!
by James Ponti
What it's about: Florian, kid assistant to the director of the FBI, is challenged to uncover the truth behind a series of middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the president of the United States.
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The downward spiral
by Ridley Pearson
What it's about: Surrender the Key Fearing that her brother may be succumbing to a dark obsession with their father's death, Moria, the sister of James Moriarty, bonds with her brother's roommate, Sherlock Holmes, during a search for a missing rare jewel. By the best-selling author of the Kingdom Keepers series.
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Gorilla tactics
by Sheila Grau
What it's about: Cursed to die on his 16th birthday, Runt Higgins searches for the mysterious Great Library to seek answers to his dilemma while Dr. Critchlore plans to save his floundering school by organizing a haphazard fashion show.
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Murder is bad manners
by Robin Stevens
What it's about: At an English boarding school in the 1930s, crime-solving friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells struggle to find an exciting mystery to investigate until Hazel discovers the dead body of Miss Bell, the science teacher.
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Samantha Sanderson on the scene
by Robin Caroll
What it's about: Samantha has little sympathy when she hears that "mean girl" Nikki's parents are divorcing, but when Nikki come under attack, Samantha uses her investigative skills and help from her "tech-savvy" best friend Makayla to track down clues in hopes of writing a series on bullying for the school newspaper.
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The wolf princess
by Cathryn Constable
What it's about: Sophie Smith is a teenage orphan stuck in a boarding school in London, but at night she dreams of Russia and wolves--then, on a class trip to St. Petersburg, she finds herself and her two friends deliberately separated from the group and whisked off into the silver forest of her dreams, where a mystery awaits.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 8-11!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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