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Bernie Magruder & the bats in the belfry

Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's family, they worry that the dangerous Indiana Aztec bat has finally arrived.
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Heist society

A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector.
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Death on the Amazon

As teenagers P.C. and Mackenzie, amateur detectives, escort a mummy down the Amazon river in Peru on behalf of P.C.'s archeologist father, they investigate whether the murder of a fellow passenger is related to an ancient curse.
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Guy Langman, crime scene procrastinator

Sixteen-year-old Guy Langman, his best friend Anoop, and other members of the school Forensics Club investigate a break-in and a possible murder, which could be connected to the mysterious past of Guy's recently-deceased father.
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The silence of murder

Sixteen-year-old Hope must defend her developmentally disabled brother, who has not spoken a word since he was seven years old, when he is accused of murdering a beloved high school baseball coach.
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Legacies

Spirit White attends the mysterious Oakhurst Academy after her parents are killed in a car accident, and as she learns how to control the magical gifts she never knew she had, her classmates begin to disappear and it is up to Spirit to find out what has happened to them.
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Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Nosy Otter

Mrs. Chatterbox Otter asks Flatfoot Fox to find her missing son.
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Encyclopedia Brown carries on

Once again, America's ten-year-old Sherlock Holmes in sneakers is called upon to help his police chief father and the neighborhood children solve ten mysteries.
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The clue in the recycling bin

The four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, volunteer at the new recycling center in town, and help uncover who is breaking in and making a mess each night.
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