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Author
Series
Minerva Keen volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Minerva Keen forms a detective club to uncover who is poisoning residents of her storied Chicago apartment building, knowing that any one of her neighbors could be the poisoner--or the next victim"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile's long-lost treasure. She's excited to finally meet her arriving relatives...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
"Quirky, tool-wielding Alice Cannoli-Potchnik begins to repair the dilapidated mansion next door--only to discover the old house is home to ghosts, and they need mending, too"--
Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time. She's lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you're a whiz at fixing things?...
6) The Swifts
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Instant New York Times Bestseller!
“Knives Out feel by way of Lemony Snicket…This archly told, never muddled debut whodunit reveals a roster of distinct characters, a labyrinthine setting and plot, and a mystery that is as clever as its heroine.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
“The suspenseful denouement is positively writhing with twists.” —Booklist, starred review
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“Knives Out feel by way of Lemony Snicket…This archly told, never muddled debut whodunit reveals a roster of distinct characters, a labyrinthine setting and plot, and a mystery that is as clever as its heroine.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
“The suspenseful denouement is positively writhing with twists.” —Booklist, starred review
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Author
Series
Shadow jumper mystery adventure volume 1
Publisher
Scribblepad Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"The truth is out there somewhere...but how far is Jack willing to jump to find it? Jack's allergy to sunshine confines him to the shadows, leaving him lonely and at risk of life-threatening burns every time he steps into the light. Shadow jumping on the rooftops at dusk makes him feel alive. And free. But Jack's condition is suddenly worse than ever and only his missing scientist dad can save him. As Jack and his new friend, Beth, begin their frantic...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Wednesday's brother's drone went missing in their own backyard. And that can mean only one thing--the thief is one of their friends! Can the neighborhood's newest service dog help Wednesday sniff out the bandit? Or will the case of the missing drone be a doggone disaster?"--
Author
Series
Misfits volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In March 1871 Irene's family moves from London to Evreux in Normandy, but after a strange woman warns her that her mother is in danger, Irene calls upon her friends Arsène Lupin and Sherlock Holmes for help and soon the three young detectives are caught up in the search for an ancient relic said to be in a secret crypt beneath the streets of Paris--a Paris which is torn apart by war and currently ruled by the Commune.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years before.
Author
Series
City spies volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The spies head to New York City when a credible threat is made against a young climate activist.
13) Lost at Khe Sanh
Author
Series
Ghosts of war volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Anderson discovers a grenade in a trunk full of old military memorabilia, the ghost of a Vietnam War soldier appears and claims the grenade belongs to him.
14) The storyteller
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Ziggy's mother disappeared ten years ago, one of the many Native women who have mysteriously gone missing, and Ziggy believes a secret cave may hold the key--so with his sister, Moon, and friends Alice and Corso, he sets out to find the cave and solve the mystery of his family's origins.
15) The dark lady
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers
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.
16) Evil genius
Author
Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade is the smartest kid in the universe, but if he wants to keep his title he will have to figure out a way to defeat the villain who steals his ingestible knowledge capsules.
Jake McQuade's the smartest kid in the universe--or at least he was. But just as his training with the secret agency known as the Consortium is about to start, Jake's jelly beans go missing! And to make matters worse, they (and Jake's genius!) might...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Whisked out of Paris ahead of the Prussian army in 1870, twelve-year-old Irene Adler is reunited in London with her friends, Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin--but Arsène's father has been arrested for murder and the kidnapping of a famous opera singer, and it is up to the three young detectives to solve the mystery.
18) The lost library
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform...
19) Burning secrets
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
©2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While cleaning up their great-great-uncle's house in preparation for selling it, thirteen-year-old Roy and his eleven-year-old brother, Jason, find two strange little doors and learn that someone is trying to open them to get what lies between.
Author
Series
Pathfinders Society volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Summer camp just became a whole lot more interesting when five curious kids accept a mysterious project: work together as a team to uncover a series of strange clues, reveal a secret path -- and follow its twists and turns to a legendary treasure! Kyle is a new kid in town who likes to draw. Vic is a cool cheerleader who's secretly a math whiz. Quiet Beth is a history buff, while goofball Harry likes performing magic tricks, with the help of his...
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