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Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a palace messenger brings word that Cinderella's new grandmother-in-law is coming to visit, everyone in the castle scrambles to prepare for her arrival. Cinderella wants everything to be perfect for her first royal guest! As a special surprise, Cinderella decides to wear the beautiful tiara that Grandmama sent as a wedding gift. But when Cinderella goes to the royal vault, she discovers the crown is missing! Can she find it before Grandmama...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
While fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes endeavors to save her friend Lady Cecily Alistair from an unwelcome arranged marriage, she meets with some assistance from her older brother, Sherlock, and interference by the eldest, Mycroft.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has been told for her entire life that her destiny is to become a poet, just like her famous namesake, Emily Dickinson. But Emily doesn't even really like poetry, and she has a secret career ambition that she suspects her English-professor mother will frown on. Then, just after discovering that it contains an important family secret, she loses the special volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry that was given to her...
Author
Series
Critter club volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During Spring Break, mystery lover Amy looks for clues to the disappearance of wealthy Ms. Sullivan's Saint Bernard puppy.
6) One mitten
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One mitten can do many things, but when the second mitten is found, it is time to go outside and have fun.
Author
Series
Nate the Great volume 19
Publisher
Yearling Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Nate the Great sets to work on his first international case, he searches for a lost "something" and saves the King of Sweden from a troublesome traveler.
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 5
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Stella volunteers to watch best friend Evie's dog, Bella, for a few days. Disaster strikes when Bella gets loose and runs away. Stella must find her before Evie returns"--
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 18
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Horrible Harry's pet cat, Googer, sneaks a ride and gets into the school building, third-graders Harry and Doug have to catch him before anyone else does, which means going into some forbidden places.
11) Hat
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When Henry finds a hat he is very excited by its possibilities, but becomes worried when he thinks that the hat might belong to someone else.
12) The canary caper
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.
13) Shark detective!
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Shark Detective finds a flier for a missing kitty, he sets out to discover what may have happened to the missing pet.
14) Where is Pim?
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press USA
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pom is playing with Pim, until suddenly Pim disappears! Pom and the dog look everywhere. Where is Pim? A wonderfully simple story for toddlers.
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Spencer loves books and reads one every night, sometimes aloud, then puts the book back in its place, but one morning his favorite book is missing, and the next day another, each replaced by a different object.
17) Finders keepers
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a squirrel uses his red hat to mark the spot where he buried an acorn, he sets off a chain of events involving other creatures, each of which finds an unusual use for the chapeau.
18) The Lending Zoo
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Overseeing a "zoo-brary" that lends out all types of animals, librarian Miss Perkins discovers that the tiger has gone missing, a disappearance that triggers a citywide search alongside a new friend.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Participating in an exciting show-and-tell day during which Miss Plum shows the class her sparkly new engagement ring, Flat Stanley is on the case when the ring goes missing.
20) Daisy gets lost
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A young dog experiences the fear of being lost and the joys of being found when she becomes separated from her owner.
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