mystery and detective stories

Presents casebooks for ten mysteries taken on by twelve-year-old Max Finder and Alison Santos and encourages the reader to solve the cases; and features "The Case of the Basketball Card Foul," "The Case of the Snake Escape," and others; and includes additional puzzles and the solutions.

Sixth-grader Minty and her new friend, Raymond, discover the Secret Tree, a tree with a hollow trunk that holds the secrets of the people in their neighborhood. They begin to watch their neighbors, to solve the mysteries of the secrets and to undo a curse, but they will have to work through some secrets of their own along the way.

While attending summer camp for the first time, Meg tries to solve the mystery of the camp's legendary ghost. The reader is challenged to interpret each clue before Meg finds the solution.

Eleven-year-old Samantha moves with her family into a luxury Manhattan apartment building in 1904 and soon becomes involved in investigating whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.

Buddy has never given up hope of finding his beloved human Kayla, so when he sees people taking things out of Kayla's old house and loading them in a van, he makes a daring decision, hoping to be reunited with his family.

Buddy relies on his canine detective skills and the help of his new family to make sure two dogs, Muffin and Jazzy, find their way back to their real owners.

On an ice-bound, snow-covered island, Frank and Joe attempt to solve the mystery of a boy's disappearance and the theft of a priceless collection of antique medals.

Nancy, George, and Bess attempt to solve the mystery of a missing magician's assistant, but Nancy gets into more trouble when she encounters a giant snake.

Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases, involving a hungry cat, endangered penguins, a fish-stealing monster, and a dirty election.

Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve cases involving a crooked carnival barker, a mysterious ghost, an alien plant species invading wildlife habitats, and a wobbly bridge.