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North of nowhere

2015
After her grandfather mysteriously disappears, Mia and her mother go to the seaside village of Porthaven to help her grandmother, but Mia begins to feel an urgency about finding her grandfather when a girl she tries to befriend remains aloof and gives strange excuses about why she is stuck at home.

Mystery on Museum Mile

2014
"Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees. When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case"--Provided by publisher.

The magician's bird

a Tuckernuck mystery
2014
"While planning a scavenger hunt for their classmates, rising seventh graders Laurie, Bud, and Misti attempt to prove that their beloved school founder is innocent in the murder case of Marchetti the Magician"--Provided by publisher.

The luck of the Buttons

2012
In Iowa circa 1929, spunky twelve-year-old Tugs vows to turn her family's luck around, with the help of a Brownie camera and a small-town mystery that only she can solve.

The lost treasure of Tuckernuck

2013
Sixth-graders Laurie and Bud follow a series of clues to figure out the mystery of Tuckernuck Hall and find a treasure before the school board votes to tear down the building.

A guide to the other side

2016
Thirteen-year-old Baylor Bosco does not like ghosts, but as a medium he sees them--including his twin sister Kristina--everywhere but Kristina disappears after a strange ghost shows up and Baylor must try to find her on his own.

The case of the bad seed

2017
Nikki Peters quits her secure bank job to take a risky position investigating Colin, the black sheep of the very wealthy Dempsey family, but her bid for money and adventure comes very close to backfiring.

To catch a killer

When Erin discovers the body of her biology teacher, she begins her own investigation into the murder of her mother when Erin was just a toddler.

From above

When a football player at Riley Donovan's school falls to his death, Riley investigates whether he jumped, or was pushed.

One False Note #2 The 39 Clues

2008
Amy and Dan Cahill are in the lead to find thirty-nine clues that safeguard a great power, and are in possession of a coded sheet of Mozart's music that will help them find the next clue while their relatives follow in close pursuit. Does not include game cards.

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