mystery and detective stories

Third grader Aven Green, who was born without arms but believes that her missing arm cells went to her super-powered brain, tries to solve two cases involving her teacher's missing lunch and the disappearance of her great-grandmother's dog.

"The great detective Banana Fox is called back to duty to find a missing turtle. But the deeper he digs, the more he discovers, and it's worse than he thought! The Secret Sour Society is back, and they're mixing up a bunch of trouble. Can Banana Fox and his sidekick, Flashlight, put an end to the Secret Sour Society once and for all?"--Provided by publisher.

After Charles moves to Echo City, his monster neighbors won't leave him alone. Charles call on Margo Maloo, the city's great monster mediator, to help him find some peace and quiet.

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.

In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.

When Drake's history test goes missing, he has to find it so that he can receive a grade for it and play in his school's upcoming football game.

While competing with Chandra for get the best grade on their science papers, Lin loses her library book and tries to figure out if she simply misplaced it or if someone took it.

When the ticket money box for an upcoming school play goes missing, Logan becomes the prime suspect and must prove that he is innocent.

When Mr. Flint discovers that his expensive Aztec ring is missing, Jack comes under suspicion as the only person seen alone with it.

When Paige's painting disappears just before the Carter High art show, she tries desperately to find it in time to enter it in the art show.