juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories

In 1963 sixteen-year-old JJ Green, a songwriter interning at New York City's famous Brill Building, finds herself a writing partner in Luke Silver, a boy who seems to connect instantly with her music, and they start cutting their first demo with Dulcie Brown, a legend who has fallen on hard times, with a secret past.

"Seventeen-year-old Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which is over 150 years old, and really showing its age, but which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house." --.

"Eight-year-old aspiring magician Oliver and his rabbit sidekick Benny must solve a mysterious robbery to save their act"-- Provided by publisher. Includes directions for performing a card trick.

When Nobbin Swill, a royal dung farmer, ventures to the castle, he is drawn into hapless Prince Charming's quest to solve the case of the woodcutter's missing children, Hansel and Gretel.

"After their death, Spindrift's parents leave behind one keepsake--a glass orb containing a magical orchid that has the power to make all her wishes come true, but the allure of this extraordinary orchid puts Spindrift's life in danger, leaving her to wonder whether a wish is just a curse in disguise"--Provided by publisher.

Ronan, fifteen, the youngest and lowliest recruit to Ireland's secret Garda, faces untold danger from the wee people while trying to prove his imprisoned parents were framed.

The clones of Project Osiris are free--but they're being hunted. After their narrow escape from their perfect hometown, Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik are finally in the real world and determined to expose the leaders of Serenity. They decide to track down Tamara Dunleavy, the mysterious billionaire and founder of Project Osiris. Evading capture by breaking laws and sneaking into houses, hotels, buses, and cars--are they becoming the criminals they were destined to be? What they learn will change everything, leading them straight back into the Plastic Works and the heart of the experiment in order to uncover the deadly criminals they're cloned from--and any evidence that will convince the outside world to believe the truth. But the outside world isn't exactly what they expected--strangers aren't just unfriendly, they're dangerous. And the wrong move could send them right back into the arms of Dr. Hammerstrom--and trapped in Serenity for good. On a breakneck journey from Jackson Hole to a maximum security prison, Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik will stop at nothing to take Project Osiris down.

"The Alden siblings continue their mission to return lost artifacts around the world by visiting the Great Wall of China and an elephant reserve in Thailand, among other sites, but halfway around the world trouble seems closer than ever."--OCLC.

"The Goofballs are invited to a superhero masquerade to stop a mysterious figure from stealing a priceless collection"--Provided by publisher.

"The Goofballs are lucky they are expert detectives when their school talent show becomes a whirlwind of mysterious events!"--Provided by publisher.