mystery and detective stories

Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.

"While staying with her uncle in Ireland, Shay meets a ghost named Bridget and promises to figure out what happened to her. When Bridget lashes out, old photos fall from the walls, and writing appears on her dresser, Shay visits the library. What will Shay discover about her friend's death, and how will Bridget react? The ending is Up2U"--Page [4] of cover.

Second-grader Flaca investigates three mysteries, from her missing flip flop, to who put a food she is allergic to in her lunch, to how she will find her dancing ability before performing salsa at her sister's quincea?era.

Illustrations and text in English and Spanish, with a repetitive refrain throughout, tell six stories in which children and their families face mysteries in daily life.

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

A goblin detective and a technology-tinkering troll set out to solve the mystery of the escaped cleaning slimes.

High school senior and science whiz Nearly Boswell, called Leigh, is thrilled when she gets an internship in a forensic science lab, since it is a step toward college and a way out of the trailer park--but soon she finds herself the target of a serial killer, one who seems to know a lot about the residents of Sunny View Trailer Park as well as her absent father's secrets.

The Core Four--Avery, Bree, Esha, and Jaelyn, campers at Storm Cliff Stables--discover that someone has been cutting down trees on Aunt Jane's property just as an old friend and neighbor of hers is pushing to buy a piece of her land.

Illustrations and text in English and Spanish, with a repetitive refrain throughout, tell six stories in which children and their families face mysteries in daily life.

"A year has passed since Berta's father was confined to bed. One year since she had to take over the detective agency. A year for reflection. Now, the first album of her group is coming out, she has to seriously consider her relationship with a music star, decide if she wants to continue taking care of the detective agency and all its problems, which are not few. Everything accelerates when the police inspector Alfredo Sanlleh?, her protector, is seriously injured and Berta has to solve two very dangerous cases. In one, an online stalker threatens a women with posting her nude photos. In the other, the strange disappearance of a young Colombian woman will lead her to face drug lords"--Amazon.com.