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The Chicken Squad

the first misadventure
Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy and Sugar, the chicks of the Chicken Squad, must figure out what Tail the squirrel is so afraid of.

Encyclopedia Brown saves the day

ten all-new mysteries
Ten mysteries for ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown, his partner, Sally, and the reader to solve. Solutions are given at the back of the book.

Sleuth on skates

Precocious eleven-year-old self-made-supersleuth Sophie "Sesame" Seade investigates the disappearance of Jenna Jenkins, a student at Cambridge University, where Sophie's father is chaplain and her mother is Head of Christ's College.

The case of the rock 'n' roll dog

Seven-year-old Tessa and ten-year-old Cameron daughters of the first female president, and owners of a very rambunctious dog, play detective when a baton belonging to the director of the Marine Band goes missing at the White House.

Encyclopedia Brown takes the case

ten all-new mysteries
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.
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The missing chancleta and other top-secret cases

Second-grader Flaca investigates three mysteries, from her missing flip flop, to who put a food she is allergic to in her lunch, to how she will find her dancing ability before performing salsa at her sister's quinceanera.

Arthur and the mystery of the stolen bike

2012
Francine is embarrassed by her hand-me-down bike but when it is stolen her friends rally to find the thief.
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The yellow house mystery

2016
The Boxcar children travel to Maine, take canoes into the wilderness and live in a house exactly like the one on Surprise Island, except the Maine house is brown, not yellow. Soon they are trying to untangle the mystery of the two houses.

The legend of the Emerald Lady

2000
Nancy Drew is threatened when she discovers an emerald necklace.

The bike tour mystery

2003
While on a bicycling tour of Ireland, Nancy, Bess, and George find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery when they begin to suspect that someone is targeting the tour members.

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