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Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon

Ben Mezrich - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Charlie is recruited to use his mathematical prowess to discover what happened to a box of stolen moon rocks in this follow up to Bringing Down the Mouse.Charlie Lewis is really good at math. So good, that he's approached by a mysterious woman who needs his help. The woman...
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A Plague of Bogles

Catherine Jinks - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"This is top-notch storytelling, full of wit, a colorful cast of rogues, and delectable slang." - Publishers Weekly, starred review of How to Catch a BogleJem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a wily old crook named Sarah Pickles - until she betrayed...
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Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan

JONATHAN W STOKES - Philomel Books
Format: Book

Fresh off of a victorious treasure hunt and rescue mission in South America, Addison Cooke just can't seem to steer clear of rogue bandits, pesky booby traps, and secret treasure troves. But it sure beats sitting around in school all day.

Addison's aunt and uncle, on the other...
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Witherwood Reform School

Obert Skye - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

After a slight misunderstanding involving a horrible governess, oatmeal, and a jar of tadpoles, siblings Tobias and Charlotte Eggars find themselves abandoned by their father at the gates of a creepy reform school. Evil mysteries are afoot at Witherwood, where the grounds are patrolled...
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York: The Shadow Cipher

LAURA RUBY - Walden Pond Press
Format: Book

It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: towering skyscrapers, dazzling machines, and winding train lines, all running on technology no one had ever seen before. Fifty-seven years later, the enigmatic architects disappeared, leaving...
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Kaleidoscope Eyes

Jennifer Bryant - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

When Lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfather's house, a mysterious surprise brightens the sad task. In Gramps's dusty attic, Lyza discovers three maps, carefully folded and stacked, bound by a single rubber band. On top, an envelope says "For Lyza ONLY." What...
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The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: An Enola Holmes Mystery

Nancy Springer - Philomel
Format: Hardcover

Enola Holmes is hiding from the world's most famous detective - her own brother, Sherlock Holmes. But when she discovers a hidden cache of bold, brilliant charcoal drawings, she can't help but venture out to find who drew them: young Lady Cecily, who has disappeared from her bedroom without...
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Stolen Magic

Gail Carson Levine - HarperCollins
Format: Book

Elodie, the dragon detective Meenore, and the kindly ogre Count Jonty Um are all on their way to Elodie's home island of Lahnt. Elodie has barely set foot on land before she learns that the Replica, a statue that keeps her island's deadly volcano from erupting, has been stolen!...
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The Harlem Charade

Natasha Tarpley - Scholastic Press
Format: Book

Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time, but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own after...
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The Real McCoys

Matthew Swanson - Imprint
Format: Hardcover

Her name's Moxie. Moxie McCoy.Bold, opinionated, and haplessly self-confident, the world's greatest fourth-grade detective faces her biggest challenge! When someone kidnaps beloved school mascot Eddie the Owl, Moxie is on the case -- but she's forced to fly solo now that her best friend...
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Floors

Patrick Carman - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Charlie had his chocolate factory. Stanley Yelnats had his holes. Leo has the wacky, amazing Whippet Hotel.The Whippet Hotel is a strange place full of strange and mysterious people. Each floor has its own quirks and secrets. Leo should know most of them - he is the maintenance man's son,...
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Closed for the Season

Mary Downing Hahn - Clarion Books
Format: Book

Two 13-year-old boys, Arthur and Logan, set out to solve the mystery of a murder that took place some years ago in the old house Logan's family has just moved into. The boys' quest takes them to the highest and lowest levels of society in their small Maryland town, and eventually...
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The Curious Cat Spy Club

Linda Joy Singleton - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Book

No one at school knows that Kelsey, Becca, and Leo are secretly friends. They have nothing in common - until they rescue three kittens and form a club to help animals through volunteering, spying, and solving mysteries.  Kelsey helps catch a runaway zorse (horse + zebra) with the help...
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The Postcard

Tony Abbott - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

She died today. One phone call changes Jason's summer vacation-and life!-forever. When Jason's grandmother dies, he's sent down to her home in Florida to help his father clean out her things. At first he gripes about spending his summer miles away from his best friend, doing chores, and sweating...
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Honey

Sarah Weeks - Scholastic Press
Format: Book

Melody has lived in Royal, Indiana, for as long as she can remember. It's been just her and her father, and she's been okay with that. But then she overhears him calling someone Honey -- and suddenly it feels like everyone in Royal has a secret. It's up to Melody and her best...
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Wild Boy and the Black Terror

Rob Lloyd Jones - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

From London's vilest slums to its grandest palaces, Wild Boy and Clarissa hunt a murderous poisoner in hope of proving themselves to a skeptical society.London, 1842. Wild Boy, master detective and former freak-show performer, and Clarissa, circus acrobat and troublemaker, are the secret...
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Murder Is Bad Manners

Robin Stevens - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are best friends at Deepdean School for Girls, and they both have a penchant for solving mysteries. In fact, outspoken Daisy is a self-described Sherlock Holmes, and she appoints wallflower Hazel as her own personal Watson when they form their own (secret!) detective...
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Big Game

Stuart Gibbs - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

When someone takes aim at Rhonda Rhino, FunJungle's pregnant (and endangered) Asian greater one-horned rhinoceros, the zoo steps up security measures in order to protect this rare animal and her baby.

But the extra security isn't enough - someone is still getting too close...
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The Door by the Staircase

Katherine Marsh - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted escape through the stove pipe doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever. The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame...
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How to Be a Detective

Barbara Mitchelhill - Stone Arch Books
Format: Library Binding

Damian Drooth, Supersleuth, shares his stellar detective skills with the kids from school. When he leads the amateur detectives to the local dog show, things really start to get hairy!
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Friday Barnes, Girl Detective

R A Spratt - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Book

When Friday Barnes, girl genius, solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Academy, the most exclusive boarding school in the country -- and discovers it's a hotbed of crime! Soon she's investigating everything from disappearing homework to the terrifying...
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