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The giggling ghost Girl Scout mystery

2012
"Girl Scouts flood Savannah, Georgia, for the big 100th Anniversary Camporee! Mystery writer Mimi lives just a few blocks from the famous Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace. Her Girl Scout granddaughters and friends camp out downstairs and take Savannah by storm--finding clues that lead them around the town where girls scouting was born--on a mystery that takes all the scouting skills they have to solve!"--Cover p. [4].

Alibi

Fifteen-year-old Christine investigates an outbreak of local pickpocket crimes while spending the summer with her eccentric great-aunt Maude in Witcombe, British Columbia.

Agent Angus

When Angus finally gets a change to talk to Ella, his crush, he lies and tells her he shares her interest in reading facial expressions and that he wants to be a crime-solving mentalist. Shortly after, Ella's sketchbook is stolen and she turns to Angus to help, forcing him to either tell the truth or pursue the case on his own.

Treasure on Superstition Mountain

2014
Returning to Superstition Mountain, the Barker brothers, along with their friend Delilah, soon find themselves entangled in more danger and mystery as they uncover a treasure.

Young Cam Jansen and the goldfish mystery

2014
"Cam Jansen must use her photographic memory to find two missing goldfish"--Provided by publisher.

The case of the counterfeit painting

2017
While searching for her friends at the Dino Festival, Clementine Wim runs into two people carrying what she thinks is the Tiled Lunch Counter (a famous painting) away from the Capitol City Art Museum, but when she checks the painting is still hanging in place--and before she can track down the thieves, and prove that the painting now in the museum is a forgery, she has to convince her friends that she was not imagining things.

Confessions

the murder of an angel
2017
As she fights for the family company, Tandy Angel's detective prowess is called into question and her paranoia builds, forcing her to face the possibility that her stalker could be all in her head--or the very real danger that will finally bring her down.

Little monsters

When Kacey moves in with her estranged father and his new family, her new friend goes missing and Kacey finds herself at the center of the investigation.

Judy Moody es detective

2011
When a puppy who is being trained as a police dog goes missing, third-grader Judy forms a detective agency to solve the mystery, imitating her literary heroine, Nancy Drew.

Siege

2014
Fourteen-year-old Jason and his friends witness a crime at a War of 1812 reenactment camp. When they investigate, they find themselves in danger, and without modern conveniences such as cell phones to call for help.

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