Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/17/2008
ISBN-13: 9780670062522
ISBN-10: 0670062529

Having noticed the same man copying Rembrandt's painting in the United States and London, sleuths Lucas and Kari are certain that the mysteriously undiscovered Rembrandt painting is a forgery done by this modern-day artist and so now must find a way to convince everyone of the truth based on the clues they've collected.

Publisher: Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/08/2005
ISBN-13: 9780375831683
ISBN-10: 0375831681

After winning the prize of a press pass to New Orleans to watch the Final Four, Steven and his fellow winner, Susan, delight in all the behind-the-scenes activities, but when they overhear a blackmail plot involving an MSU star player that could result in the big game being thrown, the two junior guest reporters know that it is up to them to break the story and put a stop to the devious plan.

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9780152055073
ISBN-10: 015205507X

Imbued with a love for journalism by a father who is subsequently killed, Maggie Chen interns at a Seattle newspaper and vows to clear her father's name of criminal allegations, an endeavor that leads her to research her family's connections to the Chinese Exclusion Era.

Publisher: Delacorte Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/22/2011
ISBN-13: 9780385738293
ISBN-10: 0385738293

In an alternate 1950s, mechanically gifted fifteen-year-old Aoife Grayson, whose family has a history of going mad at sixteen, must leave the totalitarian city of Lovecraft and venture into the world of magic to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance and the mysteries surrounding her father and the Land of Thorn.

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Publisher: Alfred. A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/09/2010
ISBN-13: 9780375856990
ISBN-10: 0375856994

Feeling like an outcast in his new high school because of his hearing impairment and large-framed body, Will Halpin befriends a fellow misfit who may have solved the mystery behind the suspicious death of a star quarterback. A first novel.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/23/2008
ISBN-13: 9781599903323
ISBN-10: 1599903326

When her father is found dead on Christmas Eve and his valuable violin is nowhere to be found, fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria begins to suspect the doings of some of the members of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy's court and so turns to her father's mentor, composer Franz Joseph Haydn, for help in solving the mystery surrounding his untimely death.

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Publisher: Dial Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780803726062
ISBN-10: 0803726066

Aware that his father is unhappy with him taking the job with Dr. Wyatt at Wyatt Transgenics, Eli takes on his new work with enthusiasm until he begins to uncover the connection between his employer, his family, and his mother's Huntington's disease.

Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780152167059
ISBN-10: 0152167056

While working at the local hotel, the drowned body of a young woman washes onto the shore and gets Mattie thinking again of the loss of her mother, her family¡s struggles, and her unhappy life in her small community, but when she reads the girl¡s letters, Mattie is inspired and becomes determined to follow her dream of moving to New York City to become a writer. 50,000 first printing.

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Publisher: Razorbill
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9781595140005
ISBN-10: 159514000X

Trend-spotter and fashion expert Hunter Braque must use all of his cool-hunting talents to find a big-money client who has mysteriously disappeared.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/08/2005
ISBN-13: 9780375830990
ISBN-10: 0375830995

The dull and drab life of Ed, an underage cab driver with a coffee-addicted dog, takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally stops a bank robbery and finds himself being placed in charge of watching out for the entire town per a visit from the mysterious Ace.

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