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The vanishing chip

1998
When Mattie's grandfather becomes a suspect in the theft of a valuable computer chip, Peter, Byte, Jake, and Mattie, four high school students who consider themselves misfits, pool their talents to try to discover who really stole the chip and how.

Wolf stalker

1997
Twelve-year-old Jack, his younger sister, and the family's teenage foster child Troy go to Yellowstone National Park, where Jack's mother, a wildlife veterinarian, is investigating the report that wolves reintroduced to the park have killed a dog there.

Murdered, my sweet

1997
Jenny and her mother hunt a killer while fearing for their own safety, after the reading of their millionaire cousin's will leads to the murder of another cousin.

Caught!

1994
After a bus journey in search of their father, thirteen-year-old Vickie and her younger sister discover that he is missing and may need their help.

The absolutely true story-- how I visited Yellowstone Park with the terrible Rupes

1994
What they thought would be a dream vacation turns into a nightmare for twelve-year-old Lewis and his twin sister Alison, when they accompany their irresponsible new neighbors on a trip to Yellowstone Park and are chased by two mysterious men.

Who killed Olive Souffle?

1997
Detective Angel Cardoni's vacation gets sidetracked when Olive Souffle, the chef at the country inn where Angel is staying, is found dead in the freezer.

Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1988
Amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, the master of deductive reasoning, solves several mysteries with the aid of his friend, Dr. John Watson.

Mystery of the Roman ransom

1971
The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of Roman schoolboys into a dangerous intrigue.

Twisted summer

1996
Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.

Jim Ugly

1993
The adventures of twelve-year-old Jake and Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake's actor father.

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