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Nancy Drew files

2019
Collects three Nancy Drew mysteries, including "Secrets Can Kill," in which Nancy poses as a student and goes undercover to investigate a series of thefts at Bedford High; "Deadly intent," in which Nancy must find missing rock star Barton Novak who disappeared suddenly; and "Murder on Ice," in which Nancy and her friends find themselves in peril during a weekend on the ski slopes and their handsome ski-instructor is among the suspects.

Samantha Spinner and the perplexing pants

2021
It is up to Samantha and her brother Nipper to face what the WEATHER has in store for them and defeat SNOW, or risk losing their Uncle Paul forever.

The dog squad

2020
"Rory Branagan is a detective and he eats bad guys for breakfast--well, not actually. But someone is stealing dogs, and Rory's own dog and best friend in the world, Wilkins Welkin, is in danger. It's up to Rory and his sidekick, Cassidy Corrigan, to get to the bottom of this mystery in a dog-eat-dog world, before it's too late"--OCLC.

Tales of terror & suspense

2000
A collection of eight Edgar Allan Poe tales of horror and mystery, especially adapted for younger readers.

The agony house

"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." --.

The Boxcar children

deluxe hardcover set
1977
A boxed set of the first three Boxcar children mysteries. Includes an audio CD containing "The Boxcar Children Beginning," a prequel to the series.

Ticket trouble

2010
Nancy Drew and her friends investigate the disappearance of Ned's tickets for the River Heights Elementary Fall Festival.

Wallace & Gromit

the curse of the were-rabbit : novelization
2005
Wallace and Gromit inadvertently create the biggest bunny West Wallaby has ever seen and they have to try and catch it before the Giant Vegetable Competition.

Real mermaids don't sell seashells

2014
While vacationing in the Bahamas, Jade, who is part mermaid, uncovers a mystery.

The Boxcar children mysteries

1963
Follows the adventures of the four orphaned Alden children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, after they become acquainted with their grandfather and embark on a series of adventures.

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