orphans

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Hourglass

Seventeen-year-old Emerson uses her power to manipulate time to help Michael, a consultant hired by her brother, to prevent a murder that happened six months ago while simultaneously navigating their undeniable attraction to one another.

Of human bondage

From a tormented orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. His cravings take him to Paris at age eighteen to try his hand at art, then back to London to study medicine. But even so, nothing can sate his nagging hunger for experience. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever.

The return of the graveyard ghost

Taking a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery, the Aldens stumble across a local superstition which maintains that visitors are required to leave gifts or suffer the wrath of a malevolent ghost, a suspicious tradition that prompts the children to expose the truth.

The zombie project

While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Alden siblings investigate tales of a zombie haunting a lake in the woods.

The robot ransom

Henry and Jessie's middle school robotics team is going to the regional competition! But it seems like someone doesn't want their team to compete.

The spy in the bleachers

The Aldens help out at a minor league stadium and investigate when it appears someone in the ballpark is stealing the home team pitcher's signals and relaying them to the batters of the other team.

The Shackleton sabotage

The Aldens continue their mission to return lost artifacts around the world, following clues through Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica all while trying to stay one step ahead of a saboteur.

The rock 'n' roll mystery

Someone has stolen the Greenfield Four's musical instruments at the music festival and the Aldens are on the case.

The mystery of the Wild West bandit

Visiting a re-creation of a frontier town where they enjoy numerous cowboy-themed activities, the Aldens are on the case when a saboteur commits dangerous pranks that threaten to ruin the Wild West show.

The mystery of the stolen snowboard

The winter sports season is here, and the Aldens are excited about all the snow activities, especially snowboarding, but soon they find themselves in the middle of a mystery surrounding a star athlete and a stolen snowboard.

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