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Cam Jansen and the first day of school mystery

2002
On her first day of fifth grade, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help the police find a car thief. Includes a memory game.

Young Cam Jansen and the new girl mystery

2004
This time Cam Jansen relies on her hearing rather than her photographic memory to find a missing classmate.

Cam Jansen and the catnapping mystery

2000
While visiting Aunt Molly at a fancy downtown hotel, Cam uses her photographic memory to help one of the guests find her stolen luggage and pet cat, and to catch the thief.

The St. Patrick's Day shamrock mystery

1995
On Saint Patrick's Day, the twin Dixon sleuths become involved in a mystery unfolding right next door.

Nate the Great and the mushy valentine

1994
Nate the Great investigates two cases that may be connected, involving a missing valentine and a valentine that came from nowhere.

The mystery of King Karfu

1996
The great detective Seymour Sleuth and his assistant Muggs journey to Egypt to search for a missing stone chicken, an important clue to the location of the Lost Treasure of King Karfu.

The secret of Foghorn Island

1988
Detective alligators Otto and Uncle Tooth investigate a series of shipwrecks, leading to an encounter with the dangerous Sid Rat.

Jane Martin, dog detective

1984
A young girl solves three cases involving dogs.

A ghost in the family

1998
While visiting his friend Jeannie's eccentric Aunt Rosebud in a boarding house that may be haunted, ten-year-old Chad comes across a mystery involving a missing diamond bracelet.

Sherlock Holmes

retold classics
2003

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