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62) Jackaby
Author
Series
Jackaby volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 7
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1962]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Juvenile fiction.
Nancy Drew and her friends get involved in another mystery after they find an anonymous diary near a burning mansion.
Author
Series
Platypus Police Squad volume 2
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Detectives Rick Zengo and Corey O'Malley investigate foul play at the opening of the Kalamazoo City Dome, the world's largest indoor amusement complex"--
66) The dark lady
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While on summer vacation at the seaside, twelve-year-old Irene Adler meets the young Sherlock Holmes, and his friend Arsène Lupin--and when a dead body floats ashore the three young friends set out to solve the mystery.
Author
Series
Adventures of Arnie the doughnut volume 1
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Arnie the talking doughnut is delighted to be Mr. Bing's new pet "doughnut-dog," so when Mr. Bing starts rolling gutter balls during a big bowling tournament, Arnie suspects foul play and sets out to solve the mystery.
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.
Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all other nights, the train departs from Stain'd Station and travels to the city without stopping. But not tonight. You might ask, why is this night different from all other nights? But that's the wrong question. Instead ask, where is this all heading? And what happens at the end of the line? The final book in Lemony Snicket's...series, All The Wrong Questions.
Author
Series
Bowser and Birdie novels volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy's bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen--so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 63
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the quest to find a cure to an epidemic targeting the citizens of New Mouse City is sabotaged, Geronimo Stilton must figure out who's behind it all before he ends up covered in blue spots too.--
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 12
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1972]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew tackles a mystery professional detectives failed to solve--finding a valuable centuries-old message in a hollow oak tree in Illinois.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew notebooks volume 57
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Pretty little liars volume 15
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
After surviving their latest encounter with A, high school seniors Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna must try to convince the police that the real A is still on the loose, all while trying to stay alive.
Author
Series
Encyclopedia Brown volume 10
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2008, c1973
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Idaville's secret weapon against lawbreakers, ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown, assists the police force with ten insoluble cases. Solutions are at the back of the book.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Alice's father invites twelve-year-old Maisie and her dog Eddie to join Alice on a trip to the country, but the manor her father has rented seems to be haunted, terrifying Alice and putting Maisie's detecting skills to the test. Includes quizzes, activities, and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The Keepers of the School--known to their friends as Ben, Jill, and Robert--have one last chance to save their school before it's torn down to make room for a seaside amusement park. But their nemeses, janitors Lyman and Wally, are just as determined to keep the kids out of the way and the demolition on schedule"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 16
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
1971
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.
Author
Series
Haunted library volume 7
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When strange noises are heard in the tree house where their club meets, Claire and Kaz wonder if a rival club is causing problems in order to scare them away, or if they are coming from the ghosts of one of Kaz's departed ancestors.
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