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Leslie Connor - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: eBook

A 2018 National Book Award Finalist! From the critically acclaimed author of Waiting for Normal and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Leslie Connor, comes a deeply poignant and beautifully crafted story about self-reliance, redemption, and hope.Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest...
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The London Eye Mystery

Siobhan Dowd - David Fickling Books
Format: Print book

Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off-except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police...
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library

Chris Grabenstein - Random House
Format: Print book

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets A Night in the Museum in this action-packed New York Times Bestseller from Chris Grabenstein, coauthor of I Funny, Treasure Hunters and other bestselling series with James Patterson!Kyle Keeley is the class clown...
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Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers

Margaret Peterson Haddix - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

* Winter 2018-2019 Kids' Indie Next List Pick *New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with mysteries and plot twists aplenty in this absorbing series about family and friendships. Perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and The City...
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The Parker Inheritance

Varian Johnson - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

Four starred reviews!"Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long shadows of the past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for mystery will appreciate the puzzle Candice and Brandon must solve." -- The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Candice finds a letter in an old attic...
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E L Konigsburg - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that...
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Janae Marks - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! "Enticing and enthralling." - Jewell Parker RhodesFrom debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating mystery full of heart, as one courageous girl questions assumptions, searches for the truth, and does what she believes is right - even in the face...
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The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

Sixteen heirs of the eccentric multimillionaire Samuel Westing are assembled in the old Westing house, paired off, and given clues to a puzzle they must solve in order to inherit. Reprint. AB. SLJ. H.
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When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Audiobook

Winner of the 2010 John Newbery MedalFour mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid,...
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The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-two boys and two girls-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive...
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