mystery and detective stories

While spending two weeks at Wilderness Camp on the Boston Harbor Islands, thirteen-year-old Ollie, short, half Vietnamese, asthmatic, and overweight, must find and protect hidden pirate treasure from those who would steal it for themselves.

Young detectives Jerry and Maya are called on to help solve the mystery of who is stealing diamonds from the jeweler Mohammed Carat.

"After thwarting the ghost cell's chemical attack in Chicago, Q and his stepsister Angela arrive in San Francisco to continue their parents' concert tour. They find themselves helping Boone and the S.O.S. team in the final showdown with the ghost cell and its leader, Number One"--Provided by publisher.

"While the students at Mouseford Academy are busy salvaging an ancient Viking vessel submerged off the coast of Mouse Island, someone wants to steal the treasure that, according to legend, is hidden in the ship. Can Colette, Nicky, Pamela, Paulina, and Violet save the historic treasure--even if Vissia de Vissen is after it?"--Back cover.

Living with his mother in a Berlin apartment house, Rico, a young boy with ADHD, enjoys playing detective games but when his friend Oskar suddenly disappears, possibly taken by a serial kidnapper, Rico determines to use his skills to find his friend.

The Bayport Battle of the Bands will showcase the best local bands and Crush, led by Dylan is sure to win, but then Dylan's bass guitar disappears and the band is out of the running unless Frank and Joe Hardy can find it fast.

Eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe becomes friends with siblings Teb and Pontsho and their pet meerkat, Kosi, and when her new friends' cow goes missing, she decides to help out by finding it.

Taking refuge on the cliffs above the beach during a ferocious storm, the castaway monkeys finally have proof that they are not alone on the island when they come across a masked monkey stunned by lightning and decide to help him.

The meercats are convinced that the Ringmaster is behind Doris the Dancing Dog's sudden rise to Hollywood fame and set out to uncover his evil plot.

Frank and Joe Hardy are suspicious of Max O' Malley, a new kid in town who claims to be a magician, and when Mrs. Briar's prized show dog arrives and Charlie begins to disappear and reappear, Max becomes the prime suspect.