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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the jumping frogs

2005
Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective extraordinaire, solves ten new cases, including "The Case of the Miracle Pill, " "The Case of Nemo's Tuba, " "The Case of the Lawn Mower Races, " and "The Case of the Air Guitar." Solutions provided at the end of each chapter.

Wolf rider

2008
After receiving an apparently crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.

The celebutantes

on the avenue
2007
When fabulously wealthy sixteen-year-old triplets Lexington, Park, and Madison Hamilton appear to be involved in the murder of a powerful magazine editor, they decide to do some investigating of their own before the police and paparazzi completely ruin their lives.

The celebutantes

to the penthouse
2008
Unless wealthy teenage triplets Madison, Park, and Lexington Hamilton solve the murder of a promising young sculptor during an Ambassadors for the Arts Luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, their dear friend, Coco McCaid, may go to jail.

The celebutantes

in the club
2008
Wealthy triplets Madison, Park, and Lexington Hamilton are shocked when one of their classmates at St. Cecilia's Prep is killed during the opening of their father's newest nightclub, but even after they narrow down the suspects to the members of a secret campus role-playing club, the murderer is not obvious.

Death by latte

2008
When sixteen-year-old Aphra sneaks away from the island resort where she lives with her father, and travels to Seattle to find the mother she has not seen for four years, she does not anticipate getting involved in a CIA plot that threatens not only her life, but that of her boyfriend and her mother as well.

The dying breath

a forensic mystery
2009
When her ex-boyfriend starts stalking her, seventeen-year-old Cameryn must use her knowledge of forensic sciences to protect herself.

Danger in the extreme

1998
Frank and Joe protect the son of the President of the U.S. during the Winter Max-Games.

The secret of Skull Mountain

1992
Frank and Joe are confronted with the crisis of water disappearing from the reservoir at Skull Mountain.

Megan's island

1990
First eleven-year-old Megan is astonished when her mother insists on taking her and her younger brother up to the lake cottage a week before school is out; then they find mysterious strangers following them.

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