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Mothman's Curse
Christine Hayes - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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When Josie and her brothers uncover a haunted camera, the Mothman legend becomes a terrifying reality that threatens their entire town in this spooky and action-filled novel. Josie may live in the most haunted town in America, but the only strange thing she ever sees is the parade of oddball... |
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Friday Barnes, Girl Detective
R A Spratt - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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"A must-have series for middle-grade readers." -- BOOKLIST A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, 2017Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl!When Friday Barnes, girl genius, solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself... |
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The Sweetest Heist in History
Octavia Spencer - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A hard-to-prove art heist makes a New York City mystery for ninja detective Randi Rhodes in this second book in a series full of humor, adventure, and heart from Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer.Randi Rhodes and her fellow ninja detectives, DC and Pudge, were flying high after... |
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Guys Read: Terrifying Tales
Jon Scieszka - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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Be afraid, be very afraid of Terrifying Tales, the sixth volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading.Eleven masters of suspense - Kelly Barnhill, Michael Buckley, Adam Gidwitz, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Daniel Jos Older, Dav Pilkey, R.L. Stine, and Rita... |
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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile
Marcia Wells - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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Art, mystery, fun and friendship, combine in this illustrated middle grade series debut. Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees. When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes... |
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Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits
Michael D. Beil - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An atmospheric late-1930s adventure with old-time cinematic appeal. Fans of fast-paced, far-fetched action will lap it up as enthusiastically as Sam swallows his favorite brand of sardines. Kirkus Reviews Lantern Sam is the wise-cracking, sarcastic, talking cat for those who can hear him,... |
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Phyllis Wong and the Forgotten Secrets of Mr Okyto
Geoffrey McSkimming - Allen & Unwin
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden, Phyllis Wong is a clever and resourceful young heroine - and a magician. With the help of her trusty sidekick Daisy, she helps solve numerous crimes.Conjuring is in Phyllis Wong's veins. It was passed down from her great-grandfather... |
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The Dark Lady
Irene Adler - Stone Arch Books
Format: Hardcover
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While on summer vacation, little Irene Adler meets a young William Sherlock Holmes. The two share stories of pirates and have battles of wit while running wild on the sunny streets and rooftops. When Sherlock's friend, Lupin, joins in on the fun, they all become fast friends. But the good... |
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Legend of the Ghost Dog
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling mystery set against a stark landscape and the inspiration of Nome's real-life dog hero, Balto.Twelve-year-old Tee has just moved to Nome, Alaska, with her writer father and sullen little brother, Jack. Jack isn't happy about the idea of living in the middle of nowhere,... |
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Missing on Superstition Mountain
Elise Broach - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover
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It's summer and the three Barker brothers -- Simon, Henry, and Jack -- just moved from Illinois to Arizona. Their parents have warned them repeatedly not to explore Superstition Mountain, which is near their home. But when their cat Josie goes missing, they see no other choice. There's... |
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Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Book
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An instant New York Times bestseller,Liar Spy is a story about games and friendship. Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building and meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safers first spy recruit. His assignment Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives... |
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Project Jackalope
Emily Ecton - Chronicle Boooks
Format: Print book
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Jeremy's troubles begin when his eccentric neighbor leaves him an "experiment" for safekeeping - a jackalope! This so-called mythological creature looks like a bunny rabbit, but comes with razor-sharp antlers and is purported to be a ruthless killer. When government agents show... |
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Penelope Crumb
Shawn Stout - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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Penelope Crumb would LOVE Ramona Quimby! And might even name her eyebrow Marge.Penelope Crumb is no ordinary fourth grader. She carries around a red toolbox that used to belong to her father whos been dead since Penelope was a baby, she keeps a list for the government chronicling the many... |
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The Secret Tree
Natalie Standiford - Scholastic Press
Format: Paperback
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A sweet story of a tree that's literally filled with secrets.What is your secret?Minty's neighborhood is full of mysteries. There's the Witch House, a spooky old farmhouse on the other side of woods from where Minty and her best friend, Paz, live. There's the Man Bat, a seven-foot-tall... |
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Vanishing Acts
Leslie Margolis - Bloomsbury USA Childrens; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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When a movie starring tween heartthrob Seth Ryan starts filming in Park Slope, everyone gets movie mania-including Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair. Though her plans to become a movie extra don't quite work out, Maggie manages to capture Seth's attention and he seeks her out at the Pizza... |
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Ghost Buddy #1: Zero to Hero
Lin Oliver - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A hilarious new series from Henry Winkler Lin Oliver, authors of the bestselling HANK ZIPZER books!Billy Broccoli is new to the neighborhood, and wants cool friends and a spot on the baseball team more than anything. But the one thing he never wanted is his own personal ghost. So imagine... |
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It's the First Day of School...Forever!
R. L. Stine - Feiwel and Friends
Format: Book
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On the first day of school, Artie falls out of his bed and hits his head. Hard. He tells his mom he's dizzy and she says, "You're just worried about your first day in a new school."At breakfast, his little brother, Eddie, splashes syrup in his hair, and there's no time to wash... |
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Scary School
Derek Taylor Kent - Harper
Format: Print book
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You think your school's scary?Get a load of these teachers:Ms. Fang, an 850-year-old vampireDr. Dragonbreath, who just might eat you before recessMr. Snakeskin - science class is so much more fun when it's taught by someone who's half zombieMrs. T - break the rules and spend your detention... |
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: 35th Anniversary Edition
E L Konigsburg - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away....She didn't like discomfort....Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place, an indoor place,... |
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The Boxcar Children
L. Kate Deal - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Library Binding
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The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and in the process they find a grandfather. |
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The Emperor's Code
Gordon Korman - Scholastic Inc.; For sale in other territories/ and Library exclusive in UK ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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Tensions run high in the explosive 8th book of 39 Clues, the #1 New York Times bestselling series.One belief has sustained fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, on their hunt for the 39 Clues: They are the good guys. But then a shocking discovery about their parents... |
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Black Tower
Betsy Byars - Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover
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At the eerie Hunt mansion, Herculeah has been reading aloud to Lionus Hunt, an elderly stroke victim who can only communicate by blinking his eyes once for yes, twice for no. Mr. Hunt seems to be telling Herculeah something, but his gruff nurse wont allow her to ask him questions. What... |
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Howard Wallace, P.I.
Casey Lyall - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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"What's with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something?""This? All P.I.s wear a trench coat.""Dude, that's a brown bathrobe."I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. "First rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what you've... |
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A Properly Unhaunted Place
William Alexander - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover
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From National Book Award-winning author William Alexander comes a wryly humorous story about two kids who try to save their town by bringing back its ghosts.Rosa Ramona Daz has just moved to the small, un-haunted town of Ingot - the only ghost-free town in the world. She doesn't want to be there.... |
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