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The mummy's curse

2006
Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, agents of American Teens Against Crime, are recruited to act as undercover bodyguards for wealthy celebrity Samantha Chilton who has come into possession of a map to a long-sought golden mummy in Egypt--a prize someone is apparently willing to kill for.

The mystery of the diappearing dinosaurs

2005
The Freaky Joe Club investigates when someone tries to make sure that the Club does not win the Halloween costume contest.

The triple hoax

2005
Nancy and her friends travel to New York at her Aunt Eloise's request to investigate a group of Hoaxters who have swindled her aunt's friend out of a considerable sum of money, and soon find themselves hunting down the thieves in Mexico City and Los Angeles.

The swami's ring

2005
Nancy investigates the connection between a harpist, a planned boycott of the River Heights Summer Music Festival, and a mysterious ring found in the knapsack of an unknown amnesia victim.

Betrayal

2004
Lady Grace Cavendish, Elizabeth I's youngest maid of honor, finds herself in the midst of a battle at sea while posing as a boy aboard the ship of Francis Drake, where she and Masou stowed away in hopes of finding the kidnapped Lady Sarah.

Surf scare

2003

Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic

2002
In 1925, after witnessing the violent actions of some gangsters, twelve-year-old Emily accompanies her older sister on a trip to a luxurious hotel on the New Jersey shore but worries that the gangsters have come to the same hotel.

Mystery at Chilkoot Pass

2001
At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.

Whistler in the dark

2001
In 1868, twelve-year-old Emma and her widowed mother move to a tiny mining town in Colorado Territory to start a newspaper, but someone is determined to scare them away.

The plant that ate dirty socks gets a girlfriend

1997
When Michael and Norman's unusual plants, Stanley and Fluffy, are on display at a plant auction, they meet Curly Temple, a plant who is always ready for fun. The three plants are soon working together to foil a group of vandals.

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