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Belle

the mysterious message
2012
Belle makes the most of her situation while she is being held prisoner by the Beast and explores the castle's many rooms, including the library, where she finds a book with a hidden message that leads her on a mysterious search.

The secret of the silver key

2003
Fribble's birthday present from his grandparents is a letter containing a secret key. Curious as ever, Fribble discovers what the key unlocks, only to find another mystery. Where will it lead him? Only the library can help him solve his case.

The secrets of the rock

2004
Fribble and his friends find a rock that presents a new mystery for them to solve. What secret does the rock hold? Only the library can help Fribble solve his case.

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mystery at the World Series
2010
While covering baseball's World Series, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.

Cam Jansen

the mystery at the monkey house
2004
Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to solve a monkey-smuggling mystery at the city zoo.

Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach mystery

2003
Cam uses her photographic memory and her brain to solve two mysteries at the beach, involving a missing mother and a missing set of papers.

Breakaway

2014
When an enemy finds a way to use the source of the Cahill family's power against them, siblings Dan and Amy embark on a desperate mission that will take them from one extreme of the Earth to another, but Dan may have to face the one terror he never imagined--betrayal by his own sister.

The whites of their eyes

2012
With a key to the Oakes School in his possession, Benjamin, his friend Jill, and a new friend continue to seek ways to protect the school and their town but Lyman, the janitor and a spy, has new tricks up his sleeve.

Too many secrets

1997
Nine-year-old Chad and his friend Jeannie try to discover who is breaking into their neighbor's house, while Chad also deals with his suspicions about why his father has been spending so much time away from home.

The April Fool's Day mystery

1991
The Dixon twins try to discover who put the snake in the school cafeteria flour bin on April Fool's Day, clearing an unjustly suspected classmate in the process.

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