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In a blue velvet dress.

1973
With the help of a ghost in a blue velvet dress, bookworm Jane survives the disaster of finding herself on vacation without a single book at her disposal.

Gone Hollywood

a Carter Colborn mystery
1988
Spunky teenage sleuth Carter Colborn, visiting her writer-director father in Hollywood, delves into the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old movie star whose past oddly mirrors her own.

Runners

1988
Fifteen-year-old Jim Taylor becomes the target of revenge when he finds a computer disc containing vital drug trafficking information stashed in a record sleeve borrowed from the library.

The Ghost Squad and the menace of the Malevs

1988
The Ghost Squad's attempts to solve the mystery of one murder--and prevent another--are complicated by the activities of the evil Malevs.

Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators in The mystery of the whispering mummy

1978
The Three Investigators undertake a case involving an Egyptian mummy which whispers, but only to one man.

Hermit Dan

1977
Intrigued by stories of local pirates and buried treasure, three children decide to find out the truth about Hermit Dan and his ancestors.

Love among the hiccups

1987
Palmer Swain, a teenage tour guide in the Thousand Islands, finds his new romantic misadventures complicated by mysterious strangers fighting over possession of a decaying mansion.

The hidden box mystery

1973
A series of petty thefts in the neighborhood leads the Spotlight Club into a new mystery.

Mystery of the vanishing visitor

1975
While house sitting for a neighbor, the members of the Spotlight Club try to discover what in the house is attracting nighttime prowlers.

The mystery of the silver tag

1972
When a missing valuable cat turns up in their mysterious neighbor's house, three friends conclude that the man is a thief and set out to rescue the animal.

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